Detail View: Image Archives: Hyracotherium jaw, top view

File Name: 
CI-EPV.60060-f.D.jpg
catalog number: 
EPV.60060
collection: 
Paleontology
title: 
Hyracotherium jaw, top view
creator: 
Richard M. Wicker
creator type: 
photographer
creator: 
Clayton Powers
creator type: 
creator of digital collection
description: 
Hyracotherium averaged two feet in length and 8 to 14 inches high at the shoulder. It had a short face with eye sockets in the middle. Hyracotherium is believed to have been a browsing herbivore that ate primarily soft leaves as well as some friuts, nuts, and plant shoots. This jaw fragment was found in Fremont County, Wyoming.
date: 
1/31/2012
date type: 
date of photograph
location: 
USA, Colorado, Denver Museum of Nature and Science
modified: 
no
format: 
image/jpg
file size: 
4.34MB
source: 
Nikon D300
rights: 
use with permission Denver Museum of Nature and Science