One Toed Horse (tooth)

Object/Artifact

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Crater Rock Museum

Name/Title

One Toed Horse (tooth)

Entry/Object ID

2011.57.41

Description

Description: Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Family:Equinae Order: Perisodactyla Genus: Dinohippus Common Name: One Toed Horse (tooth) Age: Plicene Location: Unknown Description: Small columnar fossil with light blue to gray enamel and a brown fill in inner areas. Physical Characteristics: Dinohippus (Greek: Terrible horse), is an extinct herbivorous mammal belonging to the tribe Equini, subfamily Equinae, which was endemic to North America from the late Hemphillian stage of the Miocene through the Zanclean stage of the Pliocene (10.3—3.6 mya) and in existence for approximately 6.7 million years.[1][2] Family: Equinae Genus: Dinohippus Kingdom: Animalia (Animals) Class: Mammalia Order: Perisodactyla Phylum: Chordata

Collection

Museum Collection of Fossils

Acquisition

Accession

2011.57

Source or Donor

Museum Collection of Fossils

Acquisition Method

Long-term Loan

Dimensions

Width

1-1/8 in

Depth

7/8 in

Length

1-7/8 in

Location

Location

Room

Curation & Collections Management

Building

Crater Rock Museum

Category

Permanent

Notes

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