Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Alternative spelling: Palaeotheriina
Full reference: C.-L. Bonaparte. 1850. Conspectus Systematis Mastozoologiae. Editio Altera Reformata [Survey of the system of mammals. Second revised edition]. E. J. Brill, Leyden 1
Parent taxon: Palaeotheriidae according to J. A. Remy 2017
See also Bonaparte 1850, Cope 1881 and Remy 2000
Sister taxa: Cantabrotherium, Eurohippus, Franzenium, Hyracotherium, Iberolophus, Leptolophus, Orolophus, Pachynolophinae, Paraplagiolophus, Propachynolophus, Pseudopalaeotherium
Subtaxa: Palaeotherium Plagiolophus
Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-folivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (6 collections), Germany (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (1)
• Eocene of Bulgaria (1), France (63), Germany (20), Greece (1), Portugal (1), Spain (13), Switzerland (7), the United Kingdom (21)
Total: 136 collections including 231 occurrences