Hippo-like Mammal
name: label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
label: Region
content: US Pacific (CA, OR, WA)
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 tooth is from a Desmostylus hesperus, a hippo-like mammal that is now extinct. This tooth is 2.5cm thick and measures roughly 2.75cm x 2.5cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Feb 2021
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: North America, United States, California, Fresno 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: Desmostylus hesperus
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO52762
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Desmostylia, Desmostylidae