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Propalaeotherium

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Propalaeotherium Cope p. 396
1986Propalaeotherium Hooker p. 343
1989Propalaeotherium Prothero and Schoch p. 532
2004Propalaeotherium Franzen p. 218
2016Propalaeotherium Remy et al.
2017Propalaeotherium Remy
2019Propalaeotherium Karl and Tichy p. 15
2019Propalaeotherium Remy et al.

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyPalaeotheriidaeBonaparte 1850
subfamilyPachynolophinaePaulow 1877
genusPropalaeotheriumGervais

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.

G. †Propalaeotherium Gervais
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†Propalaeotherium gaudryi Lemoine 1878
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Invalid names: Lophiotherium magnum Matthes 1977 [synonym]
†Propalaeotherium helveticum Savage et al. 1965
†Propalaeotherium sinense Zdansky 1930
†Propalaeotherium sudrei Remy et al. 2016
†Propalaeotherium voigti Matthes 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 10 kgg
Minimum body mass: 10 kgg
Body mass estimate: 10 kg
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: folivoreg
Diet 2: frugivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: Diet inferred from tooth morphologyg
Created: 2005-09-01 01:48:48
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:25:41
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 Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 55.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Languedoc-Roussillon) P. sudrei (182519)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) P. gaudryi, P. sp. (31717)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Occitanie) Propachynolophus gaudryi (195457)
Ypresian - Bartonian56.0 - 38.0France (Aude) P. sp. (78233)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) P. hassiacum (45774) P. parvulum (45734)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) P. hassiacum, P. argentonicum, P. hassiacum, Lophiotherium magnum, P. isselanum, P. helveticum (45749)
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) P. sp. (22701)
MP 1348.6 - 40.4Germany (Eifel) P. voigti (24201)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Drome) P. sp. (177494)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Lophiotherium geiseltalensis, P. helveticum, Lophiotherium magnum (13322) P. hassiacum (45747 45751) P. hassiacum, P. argentonicum, Propachynolophus gaudryi, Lophiotherium geiseltalensis, Lophiotherium voigti, P. helveticum, P. isselanum, Lophiotherium magnum (44999) P. sinensis (45765) P. sinensis, Lophiotherium voigti, Lophiotherium geiseltalensis (45002) P. voigti (45735 45741 45742 45762) P. voigti, Lophiotherium magnum (45001) P. voigti, P. hassiacum (45000 45750) P. voigti, P. hassiacum, Lophiotherium geiseltalensis (45768) P. voigti, P. hassiacum, Lophiotherium voigti, Lophiotherium geiseltalensis, P. parvulum (45769)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3China (Shandong) P. sinense (39413)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (41989 41992)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) P. voigti, P. hassiacum (45773) P. voigti, P. hassiacum, P. hassiacum (45772)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie) P. sp. (177581)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Herault) P. sp. (78252)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) P. sp. (12840)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) P. helveticum (31720) P. helveticum, P. rollinati (31721)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) P. sp. (31757)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region Region) P. sp. (31756)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) P. sp. (45522 45523)