Equus excelsus
date: label: Accession Date
content: 11 Mar 1901
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mr. William H. Holmes
notes: label: Notes
content: Upper tooth (fourth premolar?) of Equus excelsus from a cave formation. Collected by W. H. Holmes in 1901. From Hay, Oliver P. 1921. Descriptions of Some Pleistocene Vertebrates Found in the United States. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 58: 119. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.: "An upper tooth (Cat. No. 9106), probably a fourth premolar, is identified provisionally as that of Equus excelsus. The enamel surrounding the fossettes is little plicated. The crown is 70 mm. high, 27 mm. long, and 26 mm. wide, and it is considerably curved."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Afton Near, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
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content: Anthropology
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content: Archaeobiology
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Equus excelsus
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 028587
label: USNM Number
content: A591698-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Archaeofauna
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia Chordata Mammalia Perissodactyla Equidae