Equus giganteus
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Genus: Equus
Species:
†E. giganteus
Binomial name
†Equus giganteus
Gidley, 1901

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

  1. ↑ Gidley, James Williams (1901). "Tooth characters and revision of the North American species of the genus Equus". Bulletin of the AMNH. hdl:2246/1544. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ↑ "†Equus giganteus Gidley 1901—Giant Horse".
  3. ↑ Eisenmann, Vera (2003). "Gigantic horses" (PDF). In Petculescu, Alexandru; Ştiucă, Emanoil (eds.). Advances in vertebrate paleontology 'Hen to Panta'. 'Emil Racoviţă' Institute of Speology. pp. 31–40. ISBN 978-973-0-02910-9. OCLC 895100716. S2CID 171086133.
  4. ↑ Cirilli, Omar; Machado, Helena; Arroyo-Cabrales, Joaquin; Barrón-Ortiz, Christina I.; Davis, Edward; Jass, Christopher N.; Jukar, Advait M.; Landry, Zoe; Marín-Leyva, Alejandro H.; Pandolfi, Luca; Pushkina, Diana; Rook, Lorenzo; Saarinen, Juha; Scott, Eric; Semprebon, Gina (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)". Biology. 11 (9): 1258. doi:10.3390/biology11091258. ISSN 2079-7737. PMC 9495906. PMID 36138737.


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