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Paschatherium

Mammalia - Perissodactyla

Taxonomy

Paschatherium was named by Russell (1963). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Adapisoricinae by Van Valen (1967); to Hyopsodontidae by Carroll (1988); to Louisininae by Sudre and Russell (1982), Zack et al. (2005) and Tabuce et al. (2005); to Louisinidae by Hooker and Russell (2012); and to Perissodactyla by Cooper et al. (2014).

Species

P. dolloi, P. levei, P. marianae, P. plaziati, P. russelli, P. yvettae

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1963	Paschatherium Russell
1967	Paschatherium Van Valen
1982	Paschatherium Sudre and Russell
1988	Paschatherium Carroll
2005	Paschatherium Tabuce et al. p. 396
2005	Paschatherium Zack et al.
2012	Paschatherium Hooker and Russell
2014	Paschatherium Cooper et al. p. 8 fig. 3

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Euungulata
—	Panperissodactyla
superorder	Perissodactylamorpha
order	Perissodactyla	()
genus	Paschatherium	Russell 1963

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. †Paschatherium Russell 1963

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†Paschatherium dolloi Teilhard de Chardin 1927

†Paschatherium levei Hooker and Russell 2012

†Paschatherium marianae Estravís and Russell 1992

†Paschatherium plaziati Marandat 1989

†Paschatherium russelli Godinot 1978

†Paschatherium yvettae Gheerbrant et al. 1997

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingo

Diet:

browsero

Diet 2:

grazero

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-08-26 13:57:26

Modified:

2005-08-26 15:57:26

Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Lutetian or 59.20000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (18 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	Spain (Catalunia)	P. yvettae (182623)
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	Romania	P. sp. (83307 138240 138241)
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	Spain (Cataluña)	P. dolloi (79304 79306 79307) P. sp., P. dolloi (79305)
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	France (Champagne-Ardenne)	P. dolloi (87925)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	United Kingdom (England)	P. dolloi (133368)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	Belgium (Hainaut)	P. yvettae (87947)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	Belgium (Brabant)	P. yvetteae, P. sp. 1, P. sp. 2, P. dolloi (35531)
Early/Lower Eocene	55.8 - 48.6	France (Corbieres)	P. plaziati (182668) P. russelli, P. plaziati (92838)
Early/Lower Eocene	55.8 - 48.6	Portugal (Região Centro)	P. marianae (79200)
Early/Lower Eocene	55.8 - 48.6	France (Var)	P. sp., P. russelli, P. dolloi (35538)
MP 8 + 9	55.8 - 48.6	France (Picardie)	P. levei (84997)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	Morocco	P. sp. (91339)