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Word: eohippus (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...plains of western Wyoming are today a scarred moonscape of gray hills, but 50 million years ago they were mostly swampland, lush with exotic life. Primitive lemurs swung through palm trees, while the first horse, Eohippus, a short-legged creature about the size of a fox terrier, nibbled on grass beside the squirrelish Paramys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Striking It Rich in Wyoming | 10/8/1984 | See Source »

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