- the
living family Equidae (which
includes zebras,
horses and ****es).
Palaeotheres ranged widely in size, from
small species like
Palaeotherium lautricense...
- in the past, with
notable extinct groups including the brontotheres,
palaeotheres, chalicotheres, and the paraceratheres, with the
paraceratheres including...
-
Equidae before the type species, H. leporinum, was
reclassified as a
palaeothere, a
perissodactyl family related to both
horses and brontotheres. The...
- by its dentition, was able to
actively niche partition with
another palaeothere Plagiolophus by
specializing on
softer leaves and fruit,
although both...
- Its
dietary habits would have
allow it to
niche partition with
other palaeotheres like
Palaeotherium and Leptolophus.
Plagiolophus was
consistently diverse...
- Hyracotherium, but the type
species of that
genus is now
regarded as a
palaeothere. The
other species have been
split off into
different genera.
These early...
-
earliest equids such as
Sifrhippus and
basal European equoids such as the
palaeothere Hyracotherium. Some of the
later equoids were
especially species-rich;...
-
America and
basal equoids of
unclear affinities in
Europe both appeared.
Palaeotheres are
thought to have
originated later in the
early Eocene of Europe, although...
-
resembled a larger,
bulkier version of its contemporary, the horse-like
palaeothere Hyracotherium. Like Hyracotherium, it ate
leaves and had five-toed front...
- and
other teeth between it.
Palaeotherium itself differs from
other palaeotheres primarily based on
various cranial and
dental traits; the
subgenus Palaeotherium...
