Hyracotherium horse, fossil skeleton. This reconstruction is modelled from various sources. is the earliest known horse, dating from the late Palaeoce

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Hyracotherium horse, fossil skeleton. This reconstruction is modelled from various sources. is the earliest known horse, dating from the late Palaeocene and early Eocene of North America and Europe. The area shown here is 82 centimetres across. This model is part of the collections held at the Natural History Museum, London, UK.

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Size: 3905px × 2237px
Photo credit: © NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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