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Palaeotherium lautricense

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Taxonomy
Palaeotherium lautricense was named by Stehlin (1904). Its type specimen is MHNT PAL.2010.0.51, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Montespieu, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial horizon in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Palaeotherium lautricense Stehlin
1986Palaeotherium lautricense Hooker p. 371

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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
specieslautricenseStehlin 1904

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 lautricense Stehlin 1904
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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: Lillegraven 1979, Legendre 1988, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) Palaeotherium lautricense (184166)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France Palaeotherium lautricense (type locality: 183349)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Palaeotherium lautricense (31736)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Occitanie) Palaeotherium lautricense (184178 184195)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland Palaeotherium lautricense (31742)