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Palaeotherium isselanum

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Taxonomy
Palaeotherium isselanum was named by Cuvier (1824). It is the type species of Propalaeotherium.

It was recombined as Propalaeotherium isselanum by Hooker (1986) and Franzen (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Palaeotherium isselanum Cuvier
1986Propalaeotherium isselanum Hooker p. 343
2004Propalaeotherium isselanum Franzen p. 218

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyPalaeotheriidaeBonaparte 1850
subfamilyPalaeotheriinae()
genusPalaeotheriumCuvier 1804
speciesisselanumCuvier 1824

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 isselanum Cuvier 1824
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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, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the MP 13 or 47.80000 to 40.40000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Propalaeotherium isselanum (182519)
Ypresian - Bartonian56.0 - 38.0France (Aude) Propalaeotherium isselanum (78233)
MP 1348.6 - 40.4Germany (Eifel) Propalaeotherium isselanum (24201)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Drome) Propalaeotherium isselanum (177494)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Propalaeotherium hassiacum (45001 45002 45739 45741 45742 45751 45767) Propalaeotherium isselanum (45765 45770) Propalaeotherium isselanum, Propalaeotherium hassiacum (13322 45747 45768 45769)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Propalaeotherium isselanum (184468)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Aude) Propalaeotherium isselanum (78251)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Herault) Propalaeotherium isselanum (78252)