Species?

[11KBP]

What animal species is this?

Thank you.

 

[Harry Pristis]

What animal species is this?
Thank you.

Hmmmm . . . This appears to be a horse of the Subfamily EQUINAE.

If you want to know the species or trivial name of this horse, that may be something of a challenge. For example, there are many named species within the genus Equus (Tribe EQUINI), some valid, some no longer valid. It is a taxonomist's playground. Six Pliocene and Pleistocene species of Equus are acknowledged in Hulbert's THE FOSSIL VERTEBRATES OF FLORIDA. And there are other tribes.

A museum may be useful of a precise identification.

 

[11KBP]

What animal species is this?
Thank you.

Hmmmm . . . This appears to be a horse of the Subfamily EQUINAE.

If you want to know the species or trivial name of this horse, that may be something of a challenge. For example, there are many named species within the genus Equus (Tribe EQUINI), some valid, some no longer valid. It is a taxonomist's playground. Six Pliocene and Pleistocene species of Equus are acknowledged in Hulbert's THE FOSSIL VERTEBRATES OF FLORIDA. And there are other tribes.

A museum may be useful of a precise identification.

Thanks Harry.
The skull was found in the same region as other late Pleistocene fauna have been found so I was assuming it could be from that time period. So, is this a valid assumption?

11KBP

 

[Harry Pristis]

Thanks Harry.
The skull was found in the same region as other late Pleistocene fauna have been found so I was assuming it could be from that time period. So, is this a valid assumption?

11KBP

Go with the best info you have. If you have no other data, Late Pleistocene is a reasonable working assumption.

I looked at your image again, and noticed that this is a sub-adult horse. What you have in each dentary are P2 - M2 with the M2 still emergent. The P1 is lost (typical in Equus). The germ of M3 is still in its crypt.

 

[11KBP]

Thanks Harry.
The skull was found in the same region as other late Pleistocene fauna have been found so I was assuming it could be from that time period. So, is this a valid assumption?

11KBP

Go with the best info you have. If you have no other data, Late Pleistocene is a reasonable working assumption.

Thanks again Harry.

11KBP