Increase in Size of the Horse

This material is held atEdinburgh University Library Heritage Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 237 Coll-1434/321
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1870s-1930s
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 82mm by 82mm 1 slide
      82mm by 82mm

Scope and Content

Illustration of four horses of varying sizes: a) the Eohippus, the smallest Lower Eocene horse known; b) the Orohippus, the Middle Eocene horse; c) the Mesohippus, the Lower Oligocene horse, 4 1/2 hands high; d) the Hypohippus, of 'forest horse.'

Archivist's Note

Catalogued by Kristy Davis as part of Towards Dolly Project, 2012-2013