Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Belongs to Palaeotherium according to Franzen 1968
See also Hooker 1986
Sister taxa: Palaeotherium cartieri, Palaeotherium castrense, 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 siderolithicum, Palaeotherium tapiroides
Type specimen: NMB Ec-552, a maxilla. Its type locality is Egerkingen, alpha fissure, which is in a Bartonian fissure fill horizon in Switzerland.
Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-folivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (3 collections), Switzerland (3)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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