New species of horse, 4.4 million years old
Thursday, December 12, 2013 - 12:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Researchers have discovered a new species of fossil horse from 4.4 million-year-old fossil-rich deposits in Ethiopia. About the size of a small zebra, Eurygnathohippus woldegabrieli had three-toed hooves and grazed the grasslands and shrubby woods in the Afar Region.