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Palaeotherium ruetimeyeri

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)9262599https://www.gbif.org/species/9262599
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)350426https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=350426
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Palaeotheriidae : Palaeotherium : Palaeotherium ruetimeyeri
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Palaeotheriidae : Palaeotherium : Palaeotherium ruetimeyeri
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
orderPerissodactyla
suborderLophodontomorphaHooker and Dashzeveg 2004
infraorderEuperissodactylaHooker and Dashzeveg 2004
-Hippomorpha
superfamilyEquoideaHay 1902
familyPalaeotheriidaeBonaparte 1850
genusPalaeotheriumCuvier 1804
speciesPalaeotherium ruetimeyeriFranzen 1968
Generic NamePalaeotherium
Scientific NamePalaeotherium ruetimeyeri Franzen, 1968
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Palaeotherium ruetimeyerispeciesbelongs to Palaeotheriumstated with evidenceFranzen, 1968
Palaeotherium ruetimeyerispeciesbelongs to Palaeotheriumstated without evidenceHooker, 1986
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance41.3 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance41.3 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Palaeotherium)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietfrugivore, folivore (based on Palaeotherium)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. A. Remy. 2015. Les Périssodactyles (Mammalia) du gisement Bartonien supérieur de Robiac (Éocène moyen du Gard, Sud de la France). Palaeovertebrata 39(1):e1:1-98

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1968Palaeotherium ruetimeyeri Franzen
1986Palaeotherium ruetimeyeri Hooker p. 371

References

Remy J. A. (2015) Les Périssodactyles (Mammalia) du gisement Bartonien supérieur de Robiac (Éocène moyen du Gard, Sud de la France), Palaeovertebrata 39 1, e1:1-98
Hooker J. J. (1986) Mammals from the Bartonian (middle/late Eocene) of the Hampshire Basin, southern England, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 39 4, 191-478
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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