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ORIGINAL RESEARCH published: 13 November 2019 doi: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00429 The Equus Datum and the Early Radiation of Equus in China BoyangSun 1,2 andTaoDeng 1,2,3* 1 Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 2 CAS Center for Excellence in Life and Paleoenvironment, Beijing, China, 3 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China To approach a comprehensive understanding of the Equus Datum, we summarize the history of the study of Chinese fossil equids, from the “dragon bones” stage to scientific investigation, by Chinese, European and American people, and then review the stenonid species in China and discuss the phylogenetic relationships of early Equus . We conclude that there were at least two dispersal waves of Equus into the Old World from North America, and the second wave led to a radiation of the genus Equus in China. In China,