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Delwin Glasner posted a new specimen. 4 years, 3 months ago
4 years, 3 months ago4 years, 3 months agoDelwin Glasner has contributed specimen mFeM 62653 to myFOSSIL!
Delwin Glasner posted a new specimen. 4 years, 3 months ago
Delwin Glasner has contributed specimen mFeM 62653 to myFOSSIL!
I believe this is a fossil tapir jaw, but @SMoran and @Jeanette-Pirlo can confirm.
Update: this is not a tapir jaw
I would say this is absolutely not a tapir, but @smoran can better ID
Do you know what formation this is from, @Delwin-Glasner?
Brule, will add
Hi @delwin-glasner, I’m obviously very delayed in getting to this, but this is a horse. It’s likely Mesohippus sp. but there is still a lot of confusion surrounding Oligocene horses so I would just say it’s in the subfamily Mesohippinae (Family Equidae). It’s actually a subadult, because the tooth with the shortest crown is a deciduous 4th premolar (dp4, a milk tooth) followed by the first two molars.