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FLORIDA MIOCENE page 2
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MIOCENE HORSES 1
Below are three types of Early Miocene horses--the tiny and
extremely rare Archaeohippus blackbergi, about as large as a medium-sized dog of ninety
five pounds, the larger Parahippus leonensis, at
around 160 pounds (Hulbert, The Fossil Vertebrates of Florida, pp284-5),
and the larger still Anchitherium clerencei, extremely rare and known
from only a few sites.
ARCHAEOHIPPUS
Archaeohippus lower right mandible. 4" long, $450 order mi852
COMMENTS: young adult, no wear on teeth and rear molar is unerrupted, four
perfect teeth plus the unerrupted one. Jaw is solid. All in all a
much better than average example of this very rare little horse.
Mandible with 3 fine teeth. 2 3/4" $150 order mi783
Mandible with 4 fine teeth. 2 1/2" $175 order mi783
Astragalus super good condition order mi846 $30
Astragalus super good condition order mi844 $30
ANCHITHERIUM CLERENCEI
5 1/4" tall $30 order mi835
Anchitherium rib early Miocene Dixie Co. FL
13 3/4" across $45 order mi818.
COMMENTS: broken and glued but no restoration, nothing added.
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