Equus sivalensis
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Equus sivalensis is an extinct equid, discovered in the Siwalik hills of Pakistan. Remains date to 2.6 million years ago, and it is assumed that it was extinct during the last Ice Age, between 75,000 and 10,000 years[citation needed] ago.
[edit] External links
- http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/op/2002/03/05/stories/2002030500130100.htm
- Two PDF-files with information on E. sivalensis: Animal remains (PDF), Fossil equids (PDF)
- The Asvamedha Horse of India
[edit] References
- B.J. MacFadden, Fossil Horses, 1992
- Falconer H. and Cautley, Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis, Being the Fossil Zoology of the Siwalik Highlands in the North of India, 1849, London.
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