|
Lots of fun fossils to look at.
UL a skull cast of a saber-toothed cat, specifically a Smilodon, along with two replica canine teeth.
Saber-toothed cats are easily recognizable by their long canine teeth, which could average eight inches in length.These cats roamed areas like California during the Late Pleistocene epoch, going extinct approximately 10,000 years ago. INTERESTING I think as I did not know that and wonder why we call them tigers: The name "saber-toothed tiger" is misleading as these animals are not closely related to modern tigers.
LL a fossilized hand from the herbivorous dinosaur Iguanodon.
UR replicas of an American Mastodon molar and an atlas (upper vertebra). The molar replica is from a Mammut americanum. The atlas replica is also from an American Mastodon (Mammut americanum).
LR a fossil of a Hagerman Horse, specifically a Simplicidens, encased in a plaster jacket for protection and study. The fossil includes various skeletal elements, such as the humerus, metatarsal, left dentary (lower jaw), and several cervical vertebrae.
UL a skull cast of a saber-toothed cat, specifically a Smilodon, along with two replica canine teeth.
Saber-toothed cats are easily recognizable by their long canine teeth, which could average eight inches in length.These cats roamed areas like California during the Late Pleistocene epoch, going extinct approximately 10,000 years ago. INTERESTING I think as I did not know that and wonder why we call them tigers: The name "saber-toothed tiger" is misleading as these animals are not closely related to modern tigers.
LL a fossilized hand from the herbivorous dinosaur Iguanodon.
UR replicas of an American Mastodon molar and an atlas (upper vertebra). The molar replica is from a Mammut americanum. The atlas replica is also from an American Mastodon (Mammut americanum).
LR a fossil of a Hagerman Horse, specifically a Simplicidens, encased in a plaster jacket for protection and study. The fossil includes various skeletal elements, such as the humerus, metatarsal, left dentary (lower jaw), and several cervical vertebrae.