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Early rhinoceros skeletons from the Agate Springs Quarry
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Washington, DC, United States
This skeleton was mounted in 1919 and first displayed in 1920. Still scientifically accurate, it was the oldest unchanged skeleton mount in the former Fossil Hall.
Details
- Title: Early rhinoceros skeletons from the Agate Springs Quarry
- Location: Harrison Formation, Sioux Co., Nebraska, United States, North America
- Physical Dimensions: L: 177 cm W: 42.5 cm H: 97 cm
- Type: Fossil
- Rights: This image was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. The image or its contents may be protected by international copyright laws. http://www.si.edu/termsofuse
- External Link: View this object record in the Smithsonian Institution Collections Search Center
- Weight: 225 kg (estimated)
- USNM Catalog Number(s): V10335, V7253
- Scientific Name: <i>Menoceras arikarense</i>
- Photo Credit: Donald E. Hurlbert, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
- Historic Period: Lived 25–20 million years ago
- Geologic Age: Cenozoic - Paleogene - Oligocene - Arikareean Lower
- Field: Paleobiology
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