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Definition of Palaeotherium

Palaeotherium
Paleotherium Pa`le*o*the"ri*um, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? ancient + ? beast.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of herbivorous Tertiary mammals, once supposed to have resembled the tapir in form, but now known to have had a more slender form, with a long neck like that of a llama. [Written also Pal[ae]otherium.]

Meaning of Palaeotherium from wikipedia

- Palaeotherium (Ancient Gr**** for 'old beast') is an extinct genus of perissodactyl ungulate known from the Mid Eocene to earliest Oligocene of Europe...
- Europe are early-aged mammals such as the palaeothere perissodactyl Palaeotherium and the anoplotheriid artiodactyl Anoplotherium, both of which were...
- 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...
- 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:...
- but otherwise were not close analogues. He names the perissodactyl Palaeotherium ("old beast") and the artiodactyl Anoplotherium ("unarmed beast"). Gini-Newman...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fejfar & Storch, 2003 Palaeotherium castrense robiacense Franzen, 1968 Palaeotherium cr****um robustum Franzen, 1968 Palaeotherium muehlbergi praecursum...