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Carnegie Museum of Natural History vertebrate paleontology collection manager Amy Henrici prepares a mammal skull for delivery to Fukui, Japan.

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A skull of Telodus uintensis placed carefully in packing peanuts and specially cushioned crate for delivery to Fukui, Japan where it will be on exhibit about the rise of mammals post–dinosaur extinction. Telodus is part of the brontothere super–family of horned perissodactyl ungulates which are extinct but are distant relatives to horses, rhinos and tapirs.

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Poster of Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum’s “The Extinction of Dinosaurs and the Rise of New Rulers” exhibit featuring 86 fossils from Carnegie Museum of Natural History fossil mammal collection.

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The skull of Telodus uintensis before being prepared for delivery to Fukui, Japan. Telodus is part the brontothere super–family of horned perissodactyl ungulates which are extinct but are distant relatives to horses, rhinos and tapirs. It will go on to the Prefectural Dinosaur Museum’s “The Extinction of Dinosaurs and the Rise of New Rulers” exhibit featuring 86 fossils from Carnegie Museum of Natural History fossil mammal collection.

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