Biology:Equus giganteus
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Short description: Extinct species of mammal
| Equus giganteus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Genus: | Equus |
| Species: | †E. giganteus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Equus giganteus Gidley, 1901
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The giant horse (Equus giganteus) is an extinct species of horse which lived in North America.
It was classified as a species based on the finding of a single tooth larger than the teeth of even the largest modern draft horses.[1][2] Based on the tooth, the weight was estimated at 1,200–1,500 kg (2,600–3,300 lb) and the height at 2.25 m (7 ft 5 in) tall at the shoulder.[3] Because it is based on fragmentary remains, recent authors have considered the species to be an invalid nomen dubium.[4]
References
- ↑ Gidley, James Williams (1901). Tooth characters and revision of the North American species of the genus Equus. Bulletin of the AMNH. https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/1544.
- ↑ "†Equus giganteus Gidley 1901—Giant Horse". https://www.utep.edu/leb/pleistnm/taxaMamm/Equusgiganteus.htm.
- ↑ Eisenmann, Vera (2003). "Gigantic horses". in Petculescu, Alexandru; Ştiucă, Emanoil. Advances in vertebrate paleontology 'Hen to Panta'. 'Emil Racoviţă' Institute of Speology. pp. 31–40. ISBN 978-973-0-02910-9. OCLC 895100716. https://vera-eisenmann.com//IMG/pdf/136.Gigantic_horses.pdf.
- ↑ Cirilli, Omar; Machado, Helena; Arroyo-Cabrales, Joaquin; Barrón-Ortiz, Christina I.; Davis, Edward; Jass, Christopher N.; Jukar, Advait M.; Landry, Zoe et al. (2022-08-24). "Evolution of the Family Equidae, Subfamily Equinae, in North, Central and South America, Eurasia and Africa during the Plio-Pleistocene (supplemental material)" (in en). Biology 11 (9): 1258. doi:10.3390/biology11091258. ISSN 2079-7737. PMID 36138737.
Wikidata ☰ Q10273485 entry
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