| Equus giganteus Temporal range: Blancan–Pleistocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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. 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. Because it is based on fragmentary remains, recent authors have considered the species to be an invalid nomen dubium.
References
- Gidley, James Williams (1901). "Tooth characters and revision of the North American species of the genus Equus". Bulletin of the AMNH. hdl:2246/1544.
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- 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.
- 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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