FOSSILS SPECIMEN: PERISSODACTYLA
Fossils are defined as any evidence of prehistoric life. There are two types of fossils: Body Fossils include remains of skeletal bones, shell, carapace, test and teeth. Trace Fossils are clues the organism existed such as foot prints, tracks, burrows and coprolites (fossil dung).
Perissodactyla meaning “odd fingers”, are more commonly called Odd-toed ungulates; are a taxonomic order of mammals that bear their weight on one of five toes, usually the third (or middle) toe. The modern representatives of this group are horse, tapirs and rhinoceros, but they have a greater diversity in the fossil record than today. To see my Perissodactyl models click here.
Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Chordata – Class: Mammalia – Order: Perissodactyla
(odd-toed ungulates)
Paleocene to Holocene
Horses
Eocene to Holocene

Fossil Horse Long Bone (front)
Pleistocene
North America

Fossil Horse Long Bone (back)
Pleistocene
North America

Fossil Horse Ulna
Pleistocene
North America

Fossil Horse Teeth
Equus sp.
Pleistocene
Brazos River, Texas, United States, North America

Fossil Horse Teeth
Equus sp.
Pleistocene
Brazos River, Texas, United States, North America

Fossil Horse Teeth
Equus sp.
Pleistocene
Brazos River, Texas, United States, North America

Fossil Horse Tooh
Equus sp.
Pleistocene
Brazos River, Texas, United States, North America

Fossil Horse Tooh
Equus sp.
Pleistocene
Brazos River, Texas, United States, North America

Fossil Horse Tooh
Equus sp.
Pleistocene
Seymour, Texas, United States, North America

Fossil Horse Teeth
Equus sp.
Pleistocene
Texas City, Texas, United States, North America

Fossil Horse Tooth (did not break the gumline)
Equus sp.
Pleistocene
Brazos River, Texas, United States, North America

Fossil Horse Toe
Pleistocene
North America

Horse Teeth Mesohippus sp.
Oligocene (32 MYA)
Brule Formation, Scenic Member, South Dakota, United States, North America