2.5" Pleistocene Aged Fossil Horse Tooth - Georgia

This is a 2.5" long Pleistocene-aged fossil horse (Equus sp.) tooth collected from the Savannah River area along the border of Georgia and South Carolina. These teeth are commonly found associated with fossils from many other ice age mammals including mammoths, sloths, camels, etc.

Horses evolved in the Americas and spread to Asia and Europe. Many species have been described from the fossil record in North America and their relationships are still being debated. For this reason, assigning taxonomic identity is very difficult.