Equus, Linnaeus, 1758

Eisenmann, Véra & Kuznetsova, Tatiana, 2004, Early Pleistocene equids (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) of Nalaikha, Mongolia, and the emergence of modern Equus Linnaeus, 1758, Geodiversitas 26 (3), pp. 535-561 : 535-561

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scientific name

Equus
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Equus View in CoL sp. A

According to its metapodials and first phalanges (Annexe: Tables 3-7), this species was probably not taller but certainly more robust than E. nalaikhaensis . We estimate its body mass at about 490 kg. The metacarpals are similar in size and proportions (Fig. 15) to some specimens collected in northeastern Siberia, near the Chukochya River in deposits of early and late Olyorian age ( Sher 1986, 1987). The metatarsals also resemble specimens of early Olyorian (Fig. 16). The basilar length of the skull is estimated at about 570 mm (Fig. 4).

SHER A. V. 1986. - On the history of mammal fauna of Beringida. Quartarpalaontologie 6: 185 - 193.

SHER A. V. 1987. - Olyorian land mammal age of northeastern Siberia. Palaeontographia italica 74: 97 - 112.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Perissodactyla

Family

Equidae

Genus

Equus