<P> The first Old World equid fossil was found in the gypsum quarries in Montmartre , Paris , in the 1820s . The tooth was sent to the Paris Conservatory , where it was identified by Georges Cuvier , who identified it as a browsing equine related to the tapir . His sketch of the entire animal matched later skeletons found at the site . </P>
when did equus first appear in fossil record
1820s