Source Data | |
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Rank | species (PBDB) |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Palaeotheriidae : Palaeotherium : Palaeotherium cartieri |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Palaeotherium cartieri | species | belongs to Palaeotherium | stated with evidence | Stehlin, 1904 | Palaeotherium cartieri | species | belongs to Plagiolophus | stated without evidence | Hooker, 1986 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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First Recorded Appearance | 56.0 - 38.0 Ma Eocene |
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Last Recorded Appearance | 41.3 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene |
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Environment | terrestrial (based on Palaeotherium) |
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Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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Diet | frugivore, folivore (based on Palaeotherium) |
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Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Hooker. 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 |
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