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Palaeotherium siderolithicum

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Taxonomy

Palaeotherium siderolithicum was named by Pictet and Humbert (1869). Its type specimen is MGL 636/1644, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mormont Eclepens, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Switzerland.

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1869	Palaeotherium siderolithicum Pictet and Humbert
1986	Palaeotherium siderolithicum Hooker p. 371

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Euungulata
—	Panperissodactyla
superorder	Perissodactylamorpha
order	Perissodactyla	()
superfamily	Equoidea
family	Palaeotheriidae	Bonaparte 1850
subfamily	Palaeotheriinae	()
genus	Palaeotherium	Cuvier 1804
species	siderolithicum	Pictet and Humbert 1869

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 siderolithicum Pictet and Humbert 1869

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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: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Legendre 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the MP 19 or 41.03000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (19 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region)	Palaeotherium siderolithicum (12840)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Switzerland	Palaeotherium siderolithicum (type locality: 31742)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region)	Palaeotherium siderolithicum (31736 183350)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie)	Palaeotherium siderolithicum (177582)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	France (Occitanie)	Palaeotherium siderolithicum (184175 184178 184191)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region)	Palaeotherium siderolithicum (184192 184193)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	France (Occitanie)	Palaeotherium siderolithicum (184194)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	Switzerland (Canton berna)	Palaeotherium siderolithicum (182807)
MP 19	37.71 - 33.9	France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region)	Palaeotherium siderolithicum (12846)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	France (Languedoc-Roussillon)	Palaeotherium siderolithicum (31759)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region Region)	Palaeotherium siderolithicum (31756)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region)	Palaeotherium siderolithicum (31747)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region)	Palaeotherium siderolithicum (31760 31761)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	France (Ile-de-France Region)	Palaeotherium siderolithicum (31739)