Fossil Horse
name: label: Discipline
content: Paleobiology
label: Region
content: US High Plains and Rocky Mountains (ID, MT, ND, SD, WY, CO)
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: These fossilized distal tibia (end of a tibia or lower leg bone) and astragalus (ankle bone) are from an early horse that is now extinct. The distal tibia is 2.75cm thick and measures 5cm x 3cm. The astragalus is 1.75cm thick and measures 3cm x 3.25cm.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 2
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Aug 2020
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Kraft Ranch, North America, United States, Wyoming, Niobrara 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: EO53417
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Sarcopterygii, Dipnotetrapodomorpha, Tetrapodomorpha, Perissodactyla, Lophodontomorpha, Equidae, Anchitheriinae