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 Ulna

Pleistocene

North America

Fossil Horse Teeth

Equus sp.

Pleistocene

Brazos River, Texas, United States, North America

Fossil Horse Tooh

Equus sp.

Pleistocene

Seymour, Texas, United States, North America

Fossil Horse Toe

Pleistocene

North America