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Palaeotherium
Taxonomy
Palaeotherium was named by Cuvier (1804).
It was assigned to Tapirina by Gray (1825); to Perissodactyla by Owen (1848); to Palaeotheriidae by Hooker (1986), Prothero and Schoch (1989), Cuesta (1993), Astibia et al. (2000), Franzen (2004); and to Palaeotheriinae by Cope (1881), Remy (2017).
It was assigned to Tapirina by Gray (1825); to Perissodactyla by Owen (1848); to Palaeotheriidae by Hooker (1986), Prothero and Schoch (1989), Cuesta (1993), Astibia et al. (2000), Franzen (2004); and to Palaeotheriinae by Cope (1881), Remy (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1804 | Palaeotherium Cuvier |
| 1825 | Paleotherium Gray p. 342 |
| 1848 | Palaeotherium Owen p. 139 |
| 1881 | Palaeotherium Cope p. 399 |
| 1986 | Palaeotherium Hooker p. 371 |
| 1989 | Palaeotherium Prothero and Schoch p. 532 |
| 1993 | Palaeotherium Cuesta |
| 2000 | Palaeotherium Astibia et al. p. 243 |
| 2004 | Palaeotherium Franzen p. 218 |
| 2017 | Palaeotherium Remy |
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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. †Palaeotherium Cuvier 1804
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†Palaeotherium cartieri Stehlin 1904
†Palaeotherium castrense Noulet 1863
†Palaeotherium crassum Cuvier 1805
†Palaeotherium crusafonti Cassanovas-Cladellas 1975
†Palaeotherium curtum Cuvier 1812
†Palaeotherium duvali Pomel 1853
†Palaeotherium eocaenum Gervais 1875
†Palaeotherium giganteum Cuesta 1993
†Palaeotherium isselanum Cuvier 1824
†Palaeotherium lautricense Stehlin 1904
†Palaeotherium magnum Cuvier 1804
†Palaeotherium maximum Leidy 1852
†Palaeotherium medium Cuvier 1804
†Palaeotherium minus Cuvier 1804
†Palaeotherium muehlbergi Stehlin 1904
†Palaeotherium pomeli Franzen 1968
†Palaeotherium renevieri Stehlin 1904
†Palaeotherium robustum Franzen 1968
†Palaeotherium ruetimeyeri Franzen 1968
†Palaeotherium siderolithicum Pictet and Humbert 1869
†Palaeotherium tapiroides Cuvier 1812
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available