Bone-crushing Dog, Canid
name: label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
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 tooth is from a Borophagus, a bone-crushing hyena dog-like mammal that is now extinct. These carnivores scavenged for meat from the leftovers of other predators' meals. The teeth were a defining characteristic for the species due to the large size of the pre-molars. This tooth is 1.5cm thick and measures 3cm x 4cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Aug 2020
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: Borophagus
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO52875
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Tetrapoda, Mammalia, Theria, Carnivora, Caniformia, Canidae, Borophaginae