David Kirsh wrote:

>
> But I also found what looks to me like a fossil horse's tooth. Nearly two
> inches long by an inch wide. It occurs to me that large horses didn't get
> to the New World until very recently. Maybe it's another large cud-chewer?
> Pre-historic horse-shark? Any ideas out there among the fossil enthusiasts?
>
> -David
> Durham, NC

Apparently some fossils of the genus Equus, which is a genus of modern
day horses, were found in the Eocene.  This is the same fossil stratum
as the 4-toed horses.

Andrew D.
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