48 Million Year-Old Horse-Like Fetus Discovered in Germany (IMAGE)

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48 Million Year-Old Horse-Like Fetus Discovered in Germany

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Skeleton of a mare of Eurohippus messelensis is shown with fetus (white ellipse). The specimen was discovered and excavated by a team of the Senckenberg Research Institute Frankfurt at the Grube Messel (Germany; inv. no. SMF-ME-11034), shoulder height ca. 30 cm, scale = 10 cm.

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Franzen et al. Photo: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut Frankfurt, Sven Tränkner

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