File:Fossil horse skull with tooth puncture hole (Ash Hollow Formation, Miocene; Ashfall Fossil Beds, Nebraska, USA) 2.jpg
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English: Fossil horse skull with tooth puncture hole from the Miocene of Nebraska, USA.
This fossil horse skull was excavated from a volcanic ash deposit at Nebraska's Ashfall Fossil Beds. The ash was derived from the Bruneau-Jarbidge Volcanic Field in southwestern Idaho's Snake River Plain. The wind-blown ash buried a vertebrate-rich biota at what was originally a Miocene waterhole. From on-site signage: Crunch! After the smaller animals died, some were chewed on by meat eaters. HORSE SKULL WITH PUNCTURED BRAINCASE found 6 feet away from the rest of the skeleton; probably carried away by a bone-crushing dog. Puncture holes are a type of trace fossil - any indirect evidence of ancient life. Punctures in bones or shells are usually caused by teeth during predator-prey interactions. Classification: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Equidae Stratigraphy: Cap Rock Member, Ash Hollow Formation, Ogallala Group, Miocene, 11.83 Ma Locality: Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park, northeastern Nebraska, USA Info. at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashfall_Fossil_Beds |
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