Three Toed Horse Tooth

Three Toed Horse ToothThis Nannippus tooth from Nebraska's Late Miocene fossil beds is a beauty warm brown tones with creamy white contrast from natural mineralization that makes it as visually appealing as it is scientifically interesting. Nannippus was a small, lightly built three toed horse that browsed and grazed across North America's expanding grasslands before the modern single toed Equus came to dominate. Excellent enamel and root detail round out a specimen that

The pattern everyone loves: When a slice is cut

it fell to Earth over one million years ago and was discovered in 1906 in northern Sweden

Dire wolves (Aenocyon dirus) were formidable predators of the Pleistocene epoch

These fossils provide critical insights into their anatomy

as shark skeletons are made of cartilage

Their ancient habitat also helps

leaving the continent entirely rhino-free ever since

and a killer bourlette

That variety in color and patina is part of what makes Venice

Triceratops horridus had a smaller nasal horn than Triceratops Prorsus of the same age

a microcrystalline form of quartz (SiO₂)

but it remains a striking and highly collectible specimen