Plesippus
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| Plesippus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Tribe: | Equini |
| Genus: | †Plesippus Matthew, 1924 |
Plesippus is a genus of extinct horse from the Pleistocene of North America. Although commonly seen as a subgenus of Equus recent cladistic analysis considers it a distinct genus.
Species[]
Two species are recognized by Barron et al. (2019), P. simplicidens and P. idahoensis.[1]
References[]
- ^ Barrón-Ortiz, Christina I.; Avilla, Leonardo S.; Jass, Christopher N.; Bravo-Cuevas, Víctor M.; Machado, Helena; Mothé, Dimila (2019). "What is Equus? Reconciling Taxonomy and Phylogenetic Analyses". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7. doi:10.3389/fevo.2019.00343. S2CID 202550199.
Categories:
- Pliocene horses
- Prehistoric mammals of North America
- Pliocene odd-toed ungulates
- Pliocene first appearances
- Pleistocene extinctions
- Pleistocene horses
- Equus (genus)
- Extinct animals of the United States