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Palaeotherium
Temporal range: Middle Eocene–Early Oligocene
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P. magnum skeleton
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Perissodactyla
Family:
†Palaeotheriidae
Genus:
†Palaeotherium Cuvier, 1804
Species
?P. curtum
?P. duvalii
?P. medium
P. parvulum
P. muehlbergi
P. minus
P. magnum
Palaeotherium (Ancient Greek for 'old beast'[1]) is an extinct genus of perissodactyl ungulate known from the Mid Eocene to earliest Oligocene of Europe. First described by French naturalist Georges Cuvier in 1804, Palaeotherium was among the first Paleogene mammals to be described.
^"Glossary. American Museum of Natural History". Archived from the original on 20 November 2021.
Palaeotherium (Ancient Greek for 'old beast') is an extinct genus of perissodactyl ungulate known from the Mid Eocene to earliest Oligocene of Europe...
After describing Palaeotherium, he wrote about the next set of fossils that he was able to discern as being different from Palaeotherium based on dentition...
Europe are early-aged mammals such as the palaeothere perissodactyl Palaeotherium and the anoplotheriid artiodactyl Anoplotherium, both of which were...
discoveries of different layers of fossils, such as those containing Palaeotherium and Anoplotherium (pictured), by Georges Cuvier led him to believe that...
55–28 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Eocene to early Oligocene Palaeotherium magnum skeleton Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom:...
fossils of this extinct artiodactyl and named the genus after describing Palaeotherium, making it one of the first fossil mammal genera to be described as...
exhausted. The quarry also yielded Eocene mammal fossils, including Palaeotherium, which were studied by Georges Cuvier. Baron Haussmann, the Prefect...
in the children's zoo which has now been demolished. The models of Palaeotherium represent an extinct Eocene mammal thought by Georges Cuvier to be tapir-like...
identified by Georges Cuvier as an extinct equine, which he dubbed Palaeotherium, the "ancient animal". His sketch of the entire animal in 1825 was matched...
He also established two ungulate genera from the Paris Basin named Palaeotherium and Anoplotherium based on fragmentary remains alone, although more...
Propalaeotherium was named by Paul Gervais; its name means "before Palaeotherium". It was considered a member of Palaeotheriidae by Hooker (1986). A...
fossils were described by Cuvier (1804) and Cuvier (1822) as belonging to Palaeotherium and Lophiodon. In 1845, a jaw assigned to Lophiodon lautricensis was...
but otherwise were not close analogues. He names the perissodactyl Palaeotherium ("old beast") and the artiodactyl Anoplotherium ("unarmed beast"). Gini-Newman...
and extant mammals based on dental evidence. He named the two genera Palaeotherium and Anoplotherium. Later in 1807, he wrote about two incomplete skeletons...
differ by dental and postcranial morphologies. He named two genera Palaeotherium and Anoplotherium. 1808 — Cuvier and Alexandre Brongniart publish preliminary...
to be a "gigantic and most extraordinary pachyderm", allied to the Palaeotherium, but with affinities to the llama and the camel. The fossils at Punta...
(three-toed) hooves, which would have separated it from the other "pachyderm" Palaeotherium. Based on the hooves and dentition, he concluded that Anoplotherium...
Family Palaeotheriidae Genus Hyracotherium Genus Propalaeotherium Genus Palaeotherium Family Equidae Genus Miohippus Genus Orohippus Genus Mesohippus Subfamily...
& especially interesting is the fact of Palæotherium Paranense, taken with (I think) the Nebraska Palæotherium. Bravard has sent me two Spanish pamphlets...
Palaeochiropteryx Palaeoloxodon recki (identified by its synonym Elephas recki) Palaeotherium magnum Paleoparadoxia tabatai Panthera leo Panthera spelaea Papio (mentioned)...
(reclassified as an aceratherine rhinocerotid Hoploaceratherium), and "Palaeotherium" (the referred equid species now known as belonging to an anchitherine...
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