The American Museum journal (c1900-(1918)) (18155913082)

Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumj08amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library



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HORSE EXHIBIT 12 r Among the notable specimens in the series of ancestors of the horse- are (1) The earhest Four-toed Horse, Eohippus, from the collection of the late Professor E. L). Cope, ))urchase(l hv the Museum in 1N94. This unique specimen was found in a Lower Eocene formation of Wyoming in 1880 bv J. L. Wortman and has long been well known to scientists. (2) A second later stage of the Four-toed Horse, OwJiippti.s, repre-
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-,^l;t SYSONBY AT FULL SPEED. From model prepared by E. 8. Christman. sented by the only skeleton ever discovered. This was found by Walter Granger of the American Museum expedition of 1905 in southwestern Wyoming. It is but little larger than the Eohippus, but it shows a cer- tain advance toward the horse type especially in the teeth and feet. (3) Three complete skeletons of the early Three-toed Horses, Meso- hippus, showing successive increase in size, and a further advance toward the horse type in all details of structure; this is especially notice- able in the teeth and feet. These skeletons are from the Big Bad Lands