| Equus conversidens Temporal range: 2.588–0.009 Ma |
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| Equus conversidens | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Genus: | Equus |
| Species: | †E. conversidens |
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†Equus conversidens Owen, 1863 |
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Equus conversidens (Owen 1869), or the Mexican horse, is a species of horse, now extinct, that inhabited North America.
Fossils found in Mexico, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas and Florida have been identified as Equus conversidens. In January 1963, a partial skeleton of Equus conversidens was found in the city of Canyon, Texas in a white clay bed during the excavation of a basement. The species was medium to small-sized.