3" Pleistocene Aged Fossil Horse Tooth - South Carolina

This is a Pleistocene-aged fossil horse (Equus sp.) tooth collected in 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.