Biology:Equus namadicus

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Short description: Extinct species of mammal

Equus namadicus
Temporal range: Pleistocene
Equus namadicus.JPG
Fossil
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Genus: Equus
Species:
E. namadicus
Binomial name
Equus namadicus
Falconer and Cautley, 1849

Equus namadicus is a prehistoric equid, known from remains dating to the Middle and Late Pleistocene from across the Indian subcontinent, with its last dated records being approximately 29-14,000 years ago.[1] It is considered a "stenonine horse", meaning that it is probably more closely related to zebras and asses than true horses. It is relatively large in size.[2] It is very similar to the earlier Equus sivalensis, also from the Indian subcontinent, from which it only differs in size and in subtle aspects of dental anatomy,[3] and it has sometimes been suggested to be a synonym of it.[4]

References

  1. Jukar, A. M.; Lyons, S. K.; Wagner, P. J.; Uhen, M. D. (2021-01-15). "Late Quaternary extinctions in the Indian Subcontinent" (in en). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 562: 110137. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2020.110137. ISSN 0031-0182. Bibcode2021PPP...56210137J. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003101822030585X. 
  2. Cirilli, Omar; Machado, Helena; Arroyo-Cabrales, Joaquin; Barrón-Ortiz, Christina I.; Davis, Edward; Jass, Christopher N.; Jukar, Advait M.; Landry, Zoe et al. (September 2022). "Evolution of the Family Equidae, Subfamily Equinae, in North, Central and South America, Eurasia and Africa during the Plio-Pleistocene" (in en). Biology 11 (9): 1258. doi:10.3390/biology11091258. ISSN 2079-7737. PMID 36138737. 
  3. Azzaroli, A. (1990), Lindsay, Everett H.; Fahlbusch, Volker; Mein, Pierre, eds., "The Genus Equus in Europe" (in en), European Neogene Mammal Chronology (Boston, MA: Springer US): pp. 339–356, doi:10.1007/978-1-4899-2513-8_20, ISBN 978-1-4899-2515-2, http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-1-4899-2513-8_20, retrieved 2022-06-28 
  4. Sun, Boyang; Liu, Wenhui; Liu, Jinyuan; Liu, Li; Jin, Changzhu (July 2021). "Equus qingyangensis in Jinyuan Cave and its palaeozoographic significance" (in en). Quaternary International 591: 35–46. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2020.10.076. Bibcode2021QuInt.591...35S. https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1040618220307229. 
  • B.J. MacFadden, Fossil Horses, 1992
  • J. Curke, A Roman Frontier Post and its People, The Fort of Newstead in the Parish of Melrose, Glasgow 1911 (appendix on animal remains [1])

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