Fossil Horse
name: label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
label: Region
content: US Central Plains (NE, KS, IA, MO)
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 - Paleogene - Oligocene
label: Notes
content: This specimen is from a prehistoric horse that is now extinct. This horse would have lived from the Late Eocene to Oligocene periods (37.2 to 33.3 million years ago) and would have measured approximately two feet tall and four feet long. This specimen is a portion of the fossilized lower right mandible with four molar teeth. The crest enabling molars are different from modern day horses' teeth because they allowed for grazing on tougher foods such as twigs and fruit. This partial mandible with teeth is 1 cm thick and measures roughly 7.4 cm x 3.3 cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Oct 2023
label: Stratigraphy
content: Brule - Orella
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: North America, United States, Nebraska, Sioux 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: Mesohippus bairdi
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO51385
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Sarcopterygii, Dipnotetrapodomorpha, Tetrapodomorpha, Perissodactyla, Lophodontomorpha, Equidae, Anchitheriinae