Plesippus fossil map
Where fossils of Plesippus have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 5 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 5 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Early mammals |
|---|---|
| Lived | 5.333–0.0117 million years ago (Zanclean to Late Pleistocene) |
| Periods | Neogene, Quaternary |
| Family | Equidae |
| Named by | (Matthew 1924) |
| Fossil records | 224 occurrences at 58 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | United States, Mexico, Romania |
| Rock formations | txn:42984, Palm Spring, Blanco, Camp Rice, San Timoteo, San Diego |
About Plesippus
Plesippus is a genus of extinct horse from the Pleistocene of North America. Although commonly seen as a subgenus of Equus recent cladistic analysis considers it a distinct genus.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Plesippus (revision 1308895171), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q310094.
