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Palaeotherium medium

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Taxonomy
Palaeotherium medium was named by Cuvier (1804).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Palaeotherium medium Cuvier
1986Palaeotherium medium 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
speciesmediumCuvier 1804

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 medium Cuvier 1804
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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, Legendre 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 47.80000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Tarn) Palaeotherium medium (78243)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Spain (Catalonia) Palaeotherium medium (31751)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Palaeotherium medium (12842 12852)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) Palaeotherium medium (31747)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Palaeotherium medium (39643 184760 184761 184762)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Palaeotherium medium (41652)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Palaeotherium medium (31583)