Palaeotherium
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Palaeotherium is an extinct genus of equoid that lived in Europe and possibly the Middle East from the Middle Eocene to the Early Oligocene. It is the type genus of the Palaeotheriidae, a group exclus
Museum of Natural History Palaeotherium magnum
Lower jaw of P. crassum from the French locality of La Débruge with a mostly complete dental set
P. muehlbergi dentition, The Paleontological Collection of the University of Tübingen
P. magnum skeleton from Vitry-sur-Seine, NMNH, France
Perissodactyla
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Perissodactyla, or odd-toed ungulates, is an order of ungulates. The order includes about 17 living species divided into three families: Equidae, Rhinocerotidae, and Tapiridae. They typically have red
Palaeotherium
…and reassigned the material to P. magnum stehlini. Palaeotherium is the type genus of the Palaeotheriidae, largely considered to be one of two major hippomorph families in the superfamily Equoidea, the other being the Equidae. Alternatively, some authors have proposed that equids are more closely related to…
The Perissodactyl
The white rhinoceros is the largest living perissodactyl
Seven figures showing the bones, blood vessels, ligaments and arteries of the hoof and pastern of the horse.
Tapirs are the only extant group of perissodactyls with a trunk.