Forty-seven million years ago, a pregnant mare drank from a lake that may have poisoned her with its deadly volcanic gases.
Now, her remarkably well-preserved body has been recovered by palaeontologists working in the Messel Pit, a former coal, in Darmstadt, Germany.
The fossilised remains of the mare and her unborn foal are providing scientists with new insights into these ancient creatures.
Forty-seven million years ago, a pregnant mare drank from a lake that may have poisoned her with its deadly volcanic gases. Now, her remarkably well-preserved body has been recovered by palaeontologists working in the Messel Pit, a former coal, in Darmstadt, Germany. The ringed area shows her unborn foal
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