Palaeotheriidae is an extinct family of herbivorous perissodactyl mammals that inhabited Europe, with less abundant remains also known from Asia, from...

the Upper Eocene. Equoidea (equines) also developed in the Eocene. Palaeotheriidae are known mainly from Europe; their most famous member is Eohippus...

of Palaeotheriidae by Hooker (1986). A 2004 study found it to be an equid instead. A 2016 study lumped the genus back within the Palaeotheriidae. The...

Gabriel; Marandat, Bernard (2016). "A new species of Propalaeotherium (Palaeotheriidae, Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the Middle Eocene locality of Aumelas...

Palaeotherium is the type genus of the extinct perissodactyl family Palaeotheriidae, a Palaeogene-exclusive lineage within the superfamily Equoidea that...

1080/02724631003618124. S2CID 86429890. Remy, Jean A. (2004). "Le genre Plagiolophus (Palaeotheriidae, Perissodactyla, Mammalia): révision systématique, morphologie et histologie...

odd-toed ungulates Suborder Hippomorpha Family Equidae: horses Family †Palaeotheriidae Suborder Ceratomorpha Infraorder †Selenida Superfamily †Brontotherioidea...

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Perissodactyla Family: †Palaeotheriidae Genus: †Hyracotherium Owen, 1841 Species †H. leporinum...

Georges Cuvier Late Eocene Paris Basin  France Genus of equoid of the Palaeotheriidae, previously considered to be closely related to and resembling tapirs...

still subhumid and full of subtropical evergreen forests, however. The Palaeotheriidae was the sole remaining European perissodactyl group, and frugivorous-folivorous...