File:WLA Hmns Mesohippus Baidi 2.jpg
A three toed horse, Mesohippus baidi
(Oligocene, Brule Formation, Pennington County, South Dakota)
HMNS 1017
Mesohippus represents the second stage of evolution of the horse. As a forest dweller, the size of a collie dog Mesohippus had the short, low-crowned teeth of a browsing animal that fed on leaves and soft twigs.
Date
Taken in February 2009
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Uploaded from the Wikipedia Loves Art photo pool on Flickr
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Wikipedia Loves Art participant "etee_in_Space_Ceetee"
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(Oligocene, Brule Formation, Pennington County, South Dakota)
HMNS 1017
Mesohippus represents the second stage of evolution of the horse. As a forest dweller, the size of a collie dog Mesohippus had the short, low-crowned teeth of a browsing animal that fed on leaves and soft twigs.
Wikipedia Loves Art at the Houston Museum of Natural Science
This photo of item # [1] at the Houston Museum of Natural Science was contributed under the team name "etee_in_Space_Ceetee" as part of the Wikipedia Loves Art project in February 2009.
Houston Museum of Natural Science
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