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Eurohippus messelensis

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Eurohippus messelensis (Propalaeotherium messelense) Haupt 1925

    Eocene

    Lutetian

    Lower Geiseltalium

    Messel near Darmstadt

    Germany

    Length 62cm

    in foal, some of the bones belong to a fetus

    This DAWN HORSE is comparable in age and size to the one found in Kemmerer (Eohippus or Hyracotherium)

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Do u own this fossil?

I found this horse in 1969 or 1970 when I still was a student at the University in Darmstadt. At that time, I spent most of my time in the quarry (at least three days per week plus the weekends...). So I was lucky when they closed Messel for the public in 1975 - otherwise I would not have been able to finish my PhD.

And yes, it's still in my collection - as far as I can remember, I have not sold a single fossil I found myself.

Thomas

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