{"product_id":"dinohippus-tooth-nebraska-001-copy-4","title":"Dinohippus Tooth-Nebraska 001","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTaxa:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003eDinohippus sp.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGeology:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e Ogallala formation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAge:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e Pliocene\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLocality:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e Texas County, Oklahoma\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e 1.3\"x1\"x0.6\" or 3.4x2.6x1.6 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e No repairs or restorations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDinohippus\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-70\"\u003eDinohippus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-70 citation-end-70\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-70 citation-end-70\"\u003eis an extinct genus of large, single-toed equid that flourished throughout North America from the late Miocene through the Pliocene epochs, spanning roughly 12 to 2 million years ago.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-69 citation-end-69\"\u003eMeaning \"terrible horse,\" it was a heavily built grazer that stood as one of the most widespread and successful horses of its time.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-68\"\u003ePaleontologists consider\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-68\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"352\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-68\"\u003eDinohippus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-68\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-68\"\u003eto be the closest evolutionary precursor and direct ancestor to the modern genus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-68\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"444\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-68\"\u003eEquus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-68 citation-end-68\"\u003e (which includes modern horses, zebras, and donkeys), notably exhibiting the earliest known development of the \"stay apparatus\"—a specialized tendon and ligament system that allows modern horses to stand effortlessly for long periods without muscle fatigue.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eOgallala Formation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-50\"\u003eThe Ogallala Formation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-50 citation-end-50\"\u003e is a vast, continental geologic deposit stretching across the central High Plains of the United States, from South Dakota down to Texas.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-49 citation-end-49\"\u003eLaid down primarily during the Miocene and early Pliocene epochs, it consists of gravel, sand, silt, and clay eroded from the rising Rocky Mountains and spread eastward by a network of braided streams and rivers.\u003csup class=\"superscript\" data-turn-source-index=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"citation-48 citation-end-48\"\u003eInterbedded with occasional volcanic ash falls and hardened caliche layers, this thick blanket of sediment forms the primary geological host for the Ogallala Aquifer, one of the world's largest underground freshwater reservoirs that sustains the vital agricultural economy of the American Great Plains.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Minute Man 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