Palaeotherium castrense Noulet 1863 (odd-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Belongs to Palaeotherium according to Noulet 1863

See also Hooker 1986

Sister taxa: Palaeotherium cartieri, Palaeotherium crassum, Palaeotherium crusafonti, Palaeotherium curtum, Palaeotherium duvali, Palaeotherium eocaenum, Palaeotherium giganteum, Palaeotherium isselanum, Palaeotherium lautricense, Palaeotherium magnum, Palaeotherium maximum, Palaeotherium medium, Palaeotherium minus, Palaeotherium muehlbergi, Palaeotherium pomeli, Palaeotherium renevieri, Palaeotherium robustum, Palaeotherium ruetimeyeri, Palaeotherium siderolithicum, Palaeotherium tapiroides

Type specimen: Its type locality is Robiac-Nord, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial horizon in France

Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-folivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of France (4 collections), Germany (1), Switzerland (3)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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