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Palaeotherium crassum

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Taxonomy
Palaeotherium crassum was named by Cuvier (1805).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. latum, P. muelhbergi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1805Palaeotherium crassum Cuvier
1844Palaeotherium crassum Owen p. 225
1986Palaeotherium crassum Hooker p. 371

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
speciescrassumCuvier 1805

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 crassum Cuvier 1805
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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: Legendre 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Portugal (Coímbra) Palaeotherium crassum (182272)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) Palaeotherium crassum (31747)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Spain (Catalonia) Palaeotherium crassum (31751)