Lot 775
Mesohippus horse fossil. Mesohippus bairdi was a very small two foot tall 30 million year old horse. Horses were native to North America and Mesohippus was an early member of the perissodactyl horse which had three hooves on each foot. This brown original primitive horse skull is 8X4 inches on 9X4 inch limestone block and was found in the White River Badlands Formation of South Dakota. All of the fossil exposed from the matrix is original including all of the dark brown teeth. However, only the right half of the skull is exposed. More of the skull could still be contained in the matrix or more likely the other half of the skull is either missing or imcomplete. In any case this fossil horse skull makes and excellent display standing on its own crème colored stone matrix.
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Estimated Value $550 - 900.
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| Realized $552 |
