Hippopotamus tooth fossil
$280.00
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Hippopotamus tooth fossil
$280.00
Description
Weight: 73g
Dimensions: 3.3x2.5x4.9cm
This tooth belongs to an extinct genus of hippopotamus native to Indonesia Hexaprotodon, likely H. sivajavanicus. This species exhibited insular dwarfism, where a species isolated on an island evolves to be much smaller than other members of their family often due to lack of predators or scarcity of food.