Equus livenzovensis
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| Equus livenzovensis Temporal range: Early Pleistocene | |
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| Fossils of Equus livenzovensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Genus: | Equus |
| Species: | †E. livenzovensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Equus livenzovensis Bajgusheva, 1978 | |
Equus livenzovensis is an extinct species of large stenonid horse that lived in Italy around 2.6 million years ago during the early Pleistocene epoch. It was a large species of Equus being larger than E. stenonis and E. stehlini.[1] It is sometimes considered a subspecies of E. stenonis or even an ancestor to it. Either way theses two species are closely related.[2][3]
This species has limited remains and is only represented by a skull and a few dental remains.[1][2]