UW1831 - Esthonyx sp., Upper Pallet

Description

Period/Epoch: Cenozoic / Eocene Rock Formation: Willwood Formation State, County: Wyoming, Bighorn County Taxonomy: Mammalia>Cimolesta>Tillotheriidae>Esthonyx sp. Esthonyx is an extinct genus of tillodont, a group that left no modern descendants. These animals ranged in size, but could reach the size of a bear. They ate roots and tubers and lived mainly in warm temperate to subtropical habitats. These are some upper teeth of the animal (left P3-M3). Scanned with the David SLS-2