Equus semiplicatus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Equidae |
Genus: | Equus |
Subgenus: | incertae sedis |
Species: | †E. semiplicatus
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Binomial name | |
†Equus semiplicatus E. D. Cope, 1893[1]
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Equus semplicatus was a Pleistocene species of New World stilt-legged horse,[2] and considered the type species for the stilt legged horses, one of three lineages of equids within the Americas,[3] the other two being hippidionid and caballine horses.[4] Now extinct, Equus semiplicatus once inhabited North America.[5]
Fossils found William's Cave in Texas have been identified as Equus semiplicatus.[5]