48-million-year-old horse-like fetus found -- inside preserved uterus

Wednesday, October 7, 2015 - 13:20 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Talk about a mother of a discovery: Researchers in Germany have found the fossil of an ancient horse relative -- and her preserved uterus containing a foal fetus just days away from being born.   "It was quite a surprise because it is the oldest and only the second fossil uterus ever described,"...

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