Hyracodon sp.
UNB-2017-0021Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Chordata » Vertebrata » Mammalia
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Hydracodontiae
Genus: Hyracodon (Leidy, 1856)
Portion of the jaw with five teeth preserved. Intact crowns for each tooth. Average tooth size: 1.6 cm x 1.4 cm x 1.0 cm.
Specifications
| Object name | Hyracodon sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2017-0021 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Mammalia |
| Composition | Calcium phosphate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Cenozoic Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene to Oligocene Age: Late Eocene to Chadronian to Rupelian |
| Numeric age | 37 - 33.9 Mya |
| Origin | Sioux City, Nebraska, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- J. Leidy. 1856. Notices of several genera of extinct Mammalia, previously less perfectly characterized. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8:91-95