14.2" Pleistocene Fossil Horse (Equus) Femur - Florida

This is a 14.2" long Pleistocene-aged fossil horse (Equus sp) femur collected in Orange County, Florida. Horse bones/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. There are a number of species described from the fossil record in North America and their relationship is still being debated. For this reason assigning taxonomic identity is very difficult.