Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Belongs to Palaeotherium according to Stehlin 1904
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 magnum, Palaeotherium maximum, Palaeotherium medium, Palaeotherium minus, Palaeotherium muehlbergi, Palaeotherium pomeli, Palaeotherium renevieri, Palaeotherium robustum, Palaeotherium ruetimeyeri, Palaeotherium siderolithicum, Palaeotherium tapiroides
Type specimen: MHNT PAL.2010.0.51, a partial skull. Its type locality is Montespieu, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial horizon in France.
Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-folivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (5 collections), Switzerland (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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