MCZ Vertebrate Paleontology VPM-15700

Equus sp.

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2007-12-03

North America: United States: California | [Masked]

Current Identification
Equus Linnaeus, 1758 sp.
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Tetrapoda Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae
Common Name(s): Horses; horse
Determiner: Josiah Dwight Whitney in 1880
Nature of ID: expert ID
Remarks: ID date is publication year.

Whitney 1880, page 249, Voucher of Equus Linnaeus, 1758 probably the "lower extremity of a metacarpal"
Media type: text; Whitney 1880 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. VI no. 1;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Whitney 1880 Description: MCZ Memoirs Vol. VI no. 1

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Part Condition Disposition Count
unknown (fossil) unchecked missing 1 History

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  • entry marked as "DISCARDED";metapodial (distal end). Unable to locate specimen in the collection. AK 11/2023

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • California
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7007157 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • [Masked]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [Masked]
  • Verbatim Coordinates:
  • [Masked]
  • Eonothem/Eon:
  • Phanerozoic By: [No Agent]
  • Erathem/Era:
  • Cenozoic By: [No Agent]
  • Period/System:
  • Neogene By: [No Agent]
  • Period/System:
  • Quaternary By: [No Agent]
  • Epoch/Series:
  • Pleistocene By: [No Agent]
  • Habitat Description:
  • [Masked]
  • Microhabitat:
  • [Masked]
  • Georeference:
  • [Masked]
  • Verbatim Coordinates:
  • [Masked]
  • Collecting Source:
  • rock/outcrop
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2007-12-03
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • [verbatim horizon attribute: "Pleistocene"] End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Collector:
  • Josiah Dwight Whitney

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  • [Masked]

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