Fossil Horse
name: label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
label: Region
content: US Southeast (NC, SC, GA, FL, AL, MS, TN, KY)
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Geologic Age
content: Cenozoic - Neogene - Miocene
label: Notes
content: This fossilized tooth is from a member of an early horse genus, Merychippus, which is now extinct. This horse was almost the size of a modern-day pony and had limbs more suited for running. This tooth exhibits the same pattern as a modern horse that allowed for basic grazing. This tooth is about 1cm thick and measures 4cm x 1.5cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 17 Sep 2020
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: North America, United States, Florida, Hillsborough County
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Merychippus
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO51411
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Sarcopterygii, Dipnotetrapodomorpha, Tetrapodomorpha, Perissodactyla, Lophodontomorpha, Equidae, Equinae