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Doug Sherman | all galleries >> Geology >> Fossils > Precursor to the horse, Protorohippus venticolus, from the Fossil Butte Member of the Eocene, Green River Formation, WY
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28-SEP-2013

Precursor to the horse, Protorohippus venticolus, from the Fossil Butte Member of the Eocene, Green River Formation, WY

This is actually a replica of the original which is sequestered for safe keeping. The original is valued at an estimated $1,200,000. This is the most complete skeleton known to exist. This "horse" stood twenty inches high at the shoulder and was about two feet long. Protorohippus means "dawn horse."

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