- the
living family Equidae (which
includes zebras,
horses and ****es).
Palaeothere sizes ranged from 20 to 75 cm (8 to 30 in) at the shoulder, and weighed...
-
Equidae before the type species, H. leporinum, was
reclassified as a
palaeothere, a
perissodactyl family basal to both
horses and brontotheres. The remaining...
- deeper-level
deposits in
western Europe are early-aged
mammals such as the
palaeothere perissodactyl Palaeotherium and the
anoplotheriid artiodactyl Anoplotherium...
- Hyracotherium, but the type
species of that
genus is now
regarded as a
palaeothere. The
other species have been
split off into
different genera.
These early...
-
diverse in the past, with
notable extinct groups include the brontotheres,
palaeotheres, chalicotheres, and the paraceratheres, with the
paraceratheres including...
- Plagiolophus.
Although at
times proposed to be
ancestral to
modern horses the
palaeotheres are now
considered a
sister taxon to the Equidae, and not part of the...
-
bipedal adaptation in
palaeotheres.
Anoplotherium likely engaged in
degrees of
niche partitioning with the late
Eocene palaeotheres and Diplobune. While...
-
resembled a larger,
bulkier version of its contemporary, the horse-like
palaeothere Hyracotherium. Like Hyracotherium, it ate
leaves and had five-toed front...
-
Paroxyaena and Cynohyaenodon,
carnivoraformes Paramiacis and Simamphicyon,
palaeotheres (Palaeotherium, Plagiolophus, Anchilophus, Leptolophus),
lophiodont Lophiodon...
- is
closely related to Lophiodon. The 1.5-m-long
beast was
related to
palaeotheres, and
suspected to be the
ancestor of
modern tapirs and rhinoceroses....
