Palaeotheriidae
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Palaeotheriidae is an extinct family of herbivorous perissodactyl mammals that inhabited Europe, with less abundant remains also known from Asia,[3] from the mid-Eocene to the early Oligocene. They are classified in Equoidea, along with the living family Equidae (which includes zebras, horses and asses).[4]
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Palaeotheriidae | |
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Palaeotherium magnum skeleton | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Suborder: | Hippomorpha |
Family: | †Palaeotheriidae Bonaparte, 1850 |
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Synonyms | |
Pachynolophidae Pavlow, 1888 |
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