**Originally Listed At $1700**

North America, Western United States, South Dakota, Pennington Country, Chadron Formation, Late Eocene, ca. 35 to 34 million years ago. An amazing fossilized upper skull from a prehistoric rhinoceros, Subhyracodon, a tapir-sized herbivore. This cranium has a full set of molars and several premolars on the left and on the right, and the zygomatic arches are complete! Subhyracodon was once quite abundant throughout North America, a hornless but a true-rhino, living in forested areas along rivers, depending on speed to evade predation. Size: 17" L x 5" W x 6.25" H (43.2 cm x 12.7 cm x 15.9 cm)

Provenance: private New Jersey, USA collection

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Professionally prepared and excavated. Restoration and infill to gaps and fissures. Nasal areas and incisors are incomplete and missing but the remainder of the skull and most molars are present and well preserved.