Mammalia

MolarLower Pliocene, Pontium (Dinotheriumsande);Eppelsheim, Mainzer Tertiärbecken, Rheinhessen, Germanyca. 7cm x 5cm x 3cm

Eurohippus messelensis (formerly Propalaeotherium m.)Complete juvenile prehistoric horse skeleton on slab. A cast of a prehistoric horse from the famous Messel Pit in Hesse. With clearly recognizable four-toed forelegs and three-toed hind legs, this fox-sized animal is considered the ancestor of today's horses. It is the root of their evolution.Age: Middle Eocene; approx. 48 million years oldLocality: Messel Pit near Darmstadt, Hesse, GermanySize of slab: 30 x 23 cmCasts are made in-house from casting wood and hand-colored, for this reason the delivered piece may differ slightly in color from the images shown here.

Hipparion gracile (KAUP) right carpus. Age: Lower Pliocene; Locality: Vaucluse, FranceSize: 40 cm longWe produce the casts in-house from casting wood and color them by hand. Therefore, the color of the photos may differ slightly from the delivered piece.

Two molars in a fragmentary jaw of the horse ancestor Mesohippus bairdi (LEIDY, 1850).Age: Oligocene, White River Gruppe, Brule Formation;Locality: Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming, USASize of the piece: 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.7 cmSize per molar: 1.5 x 1.2 x 0.5 cmThe casts are made in-house from casting wood and colored by hand. For this reason, colors on photos may differ slightly from those of the original piece delivered.

Mesohippus bairdi (LEIDY, 1850)Cranium of the three-toed horse.Age: Middle Oligocene; Locality: South Dakota, USASize: 15 x 11 cmThe casts are made in-house from casting wood and colored by hand. For this reason, colors on photos may differ slightly from those of the original piece delivered.

This cast depicts a prehistoric horse found in the famous Messel Pit in Hesse:Eurohippus messelensis (formerly Propalaeotherium messelense).This fox-sized animal, with very recognizable four-toed front legs and three-toedhind legs, is considered the ancestor of today’s horses and represents the root of their evolution.Age: Middle Eocene;Found in: Messel Pit near Darmstadt, Hesse, GermanySize of skeleton: 51.5 x 37.5 cmOur casts and replicas are handcrafted and hand-painted in-house; for this reason, thecolor of the delivered piece may differ slightly from the images shown here. Delivery times for casts depend on order volume and complexity.

Ursus spelaeus ROSENM.  Cave bear skullAge: Late Pleistocene; Locality: Istria, SloveniaSize: 50 x 30 cmWe produce the casts in-house from cast resin and color them by hand.For this reason, there may be slight differences in color between the illustrations and the original piece.