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A new genus of horse from Pleistocene North America.
eLife - 28 Nov 2017
Heintzman Peter D, Zazula Grant D, MacPhee Ross DE, Scott Eric, Cahill James A, McHorse Brianna K, Kapp Joshua D, Stiller Mathias, Wooller Matthew J, Orlando Ludovic, Southon John, Froese Duane G, Shapiro Beth
Abstract excerpt
The extinct 'New World stilt-legged', or NWSL, equids constitute a perplexing group of Pleistocene horses endemic to North America. Their slender distal limb bones resemble those of Asiatic asses, such as the Persian onager. Previous palaeogenetic studies, however, have suggested a closer relationship to caballine horses than to Asiatic asses. Here, we report complete mitochondrial and partial nuclear genomes...
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