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Palaeotherium siderolithicum

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Taxonomy
Palaeotherium siderolithicum was named by Pictet and Humbert (1869). Its type specimen is MGL 636/1644, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mormont Eclepens, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Switzerland.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Palaeotherium siderolithicum Pictet and Humbert
1986Palaeotherium siderolithicum 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
—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
speciessiderolithicumPictet and Humbert 1869

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 siderolithicum Pictet and Humbert 1869
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Legendre 1988

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland Palaeotherium siderolithicum (type locality: 31742)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Palaeotherium siderolithicum (12840)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Occitanie) Palaeotherium siderolithicum (184175 184178 184191)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie) Palaeotherium siderolithicum (177582)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Palaeotherium siderolithicum (31736 183350)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Ile-de-France Region) Palaeotherium siderolithicum (31739)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region Region) Palaeotherium siderolithicum (31756)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) Palaeotherium siderolithicum (31747)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Palaeotherium siderolithicum (31760 31761)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Palaeotherium siderolithicum (31759)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Switzerland (Canton berna) Palaeotherium siderolithicum (182807)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Palaeotherium siderolithicum (184192 184193)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Occitanie) Palaeotherium siderolithicum (184194)
MP 1937.2 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Palaeotherium siderolithicum (12846)