Palaeotherium
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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.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | †Palaeotheriidae |
Genus: | †Palaeotherium Cuvier, 1804 |
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