Mesohippus bairdi Oligocene White River Formation, South Dakota Mesohippus, a diminutive species from the same family as today's horse, grew to an adult size of only two feet in height. This early member of the perissodactyls (odd-toed) Equid family possessed three toes on each foot. The present fossil horse skull is preserved with a partial skeleton on matrix. Measures 20 x 18in; skull measures 7in
Mesohippus bairdi Oligocene White River Formation, South Dakota Mesohippus, a diminutive species from the same family as today's horse, grew to an adult size of only two feet in height. This early member of the perissodactyls (odd-toed) Equid family possessed three toes on each foot. The present fossil horse skull is preserved with a partial skeleton on matrix. Measures 20 x 18in; skull measures 7in
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