Horse
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 - Quaternary - Pleistocene
label: Notes
content: These upper molars are from a horse. Each molar has a lophodont pattern, which is an elongated and transverse ridge covered by a hard enamel surface on the top to improve grinding action. This type of tooth structure increases the enamel surface available for cutting hard and abrasive food. Early horses ate courser material such as bark, twigs and leaves compared to modern horses that primarily eat grass. This piece is 2.8cm thick and measures roughly 9cm x 3.2cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 2
label: Record Last Modified
content: 11 Dec 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: Equus
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO50402
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Tetrapoda, Mammalia, Theria, Perissodactyla, Equidae