Of the seventeen species of vertebrates recovered from the volcanic ashbed, twelve are mammals.
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Delia's Place

A story about the discovery of a 12 million year old horse. By Andria Skaff.

5 Species of Horses
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Pliohippus
pernix
Stout 1-toed horse
Neohipparion
affine
Slender 3-toed horse
Pseudhipparion
gratum
Small 3-toed horse
Protohippus
simus
Slender 1-toed horse
Cormohipparion
occidentale
Stout 3-toed horse




3 Species of Camels

1 Species of Rhino
Not Pictured
Procamelus
grandis
Ancestral camel
Aepycamelus
Giraffe-like camel
Protolabis
heterodontus
Llama-like camel
Teleoceros major
Barrel-bodied rhino
Most common animal
in the site




Fox-sized Dog

Raccoon Dog

Bone-crushing Dog

Sabre-toothed Deer
Not Pictured
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Leptocyon
Cynarctus
Aelurodon
Identified by scavenging
evidence at this site
Longirostromeryx
wellsi




3 Species of Bird

2 Species of Turtles
Not Pictured
Not Pictured
Not Pictured
Balearica
exigua
Crowned crane
Apatosagittarus
terrenus
Secretary Bird
Rail
Hesperotestudo
Giant tortoise
Pond turtle

Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park
86930 517th Avenue
Royal, NE 68773
Phone: (402) 893-2000

Email: ashfall2@unl.edu

Rick Otto, Superintendent
A Cooperative Project of the
University of Nebraska State Museum &
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission


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