WAS EQUUS CEDRALENSIS A NON-STILT LEGGED HORSE? TAXONOMICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MEXICAN PLEISTOCENE HORSES
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https://doi.org/10.5710/AMGH.06.01.2020.3262Keywords:
Pleistocene. Rancholabrean. Equus. Mexico. North America.Abstract
Equus cedralensis is a small-sized Pleistocene Mexican horse species that has a very similar occlusal pattern and size to those of Haringtonhippus francisci (= Equus francisci), but it can be distinguished from the latter because it is a not stilt-legged equid. We performed multivariate and univariate analyses of metatarsals of stilt- and stout-legged equid species to determine if E. cedralensis was a non-stilt legged horse. Our results indicated that E. cedralensis is a stilt-legged horse and as such, it should be considered a junior synonym of Haringtonhippus francisci, because there is not any other valid autapomorphy that allows it to be recognized. H. francisci had a very broad geographic range during the Pleistocene in North America, from Alaska to southern Mexico.
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2020-06-30
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WAS EQUUS CEDRALENSIS A NON-STILT LEGGED HORSE? TAXONOMICAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THE MEXICAN PLEISTOCENE HORSES. (2020). Ameghiniana, 57(3), 284-288. https://doi.org/10.5710/AMGH.06.01.2020.3262
