Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Alternative spelling: Paleotherium
Parent taxon: Palaeotheriinae according to J. A. Remy 2017
See also Astibia et al. 2000, Cope 1881, Cuesta 1993, Franzen 2004, Gray 1825, Hooker 1986, Owen 1848 and Prothero and Schoch 1989
Sister taxon: Plagiolophus
Subtaxa: 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 ruetimeyeri Palaeotherium siderolithicum Palaeotherium tapiroides
Ecology: ground dwelling frugivore-folivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (1 collection), Spain (1)
• Eocene of France (51), Germany (20), Greece (1), Portugal (1), Spain (8), Switzerland (7), the United Kingdom (17)
Total: 107 collections including 154 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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