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Palaeotherium castrense

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Taxonomy
Palaeotherium castrense was named by Noulet (1863). It is not extant. Its type locality is Robiac-Nord, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial horizon in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Palaeotherium castrense Noulet
1986Palaeotherium castrense Hooker p. 371
2004Palaeotherium castrense Franzen p. 218

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyPalaeotheriidaeBonaparte 1850
subfamilyPalaeotheriinae()
genusPalaeotheriumCuvier 1804
speciescastrenseNoulet 1863

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Palaeotherium castrense Noulet 1863
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: frugivoreg
Diet 2: folivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 02:13:30
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:25:24
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Legendre 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the MP 14 or 41.30000 to 40.40000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1348.6 - 40.4Germany (Eifel) Palaeotherium castrense (24201)
MP 1448.6 - 40.4France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) Palaeotherium castrense (184174)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Occitanie) Palaeotherium castrense (184186)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) Palaeotherium castrense (31720 31721 31722)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Palaeotherium castrense (type locality: 31736 183350)