Equus livenzovensis
| Equus livenzovensis Temporal range: Early Pleistocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Equidae |
| Genus: | Equus |
| Species: | †E. livenzovensis
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| †Equus livenzovensis Bajgusheva, 1978
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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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Equus cf. livenzovensis from Montopoli, Italy (early Pleistocene; MN16b; ca. 2.6 Ma)". ResearchGate. Archived from the original on 2023-05-30. Retrieved 2025-09-25.
- ^ a b Alberdi, María Teresa; Palombo, Maria Rita (2013-03-04). "The late Early to early Middle Pleistocene stenonoid horses from Italy". Quaternary International. Quaternary in Italy: knowledge and perspective. 288: 25–44. Bibcode:2013QuInt.288...25A. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2011.12.005. ISSN 1040-6182.
- ^ Gunti, Yamini (2021-03-09). "Rediscovering fossil equids 2.6 million years ago in Europe « Earth & Environmental Science# « Cambridge Core Blog". Retrieved 2025-09-25.