Palaeotheriidae

Palaeotheriidae
Temporal range: Early Eocene to early Oligocene
Palaeotherium magnum skeleton
Fossil of Plagiolophus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Superfamily: Equoidea
Family: †Palaeotheriidae
Bonaparte, 1850
Genera
  • Pachynolophinae
  • Palaeotheriinae
    • Cantabrotherium
    • Iberolophus
    • Idiodontherium
    • Leptolophus
    • Mekodontherium
    • Metaplagiolophus
    • Palaeotherium
    • Paraplagiolophus
    • Plagiolophus
    • Pseudopalaeotherium
Synonyms

Pachynolophidae Pavlow, 1888

Palaeotheriidae is an extinct family of herbivorous perissodactyl mammals that inhabited Europe, with less abundant remains also known from Asia, from the mid-Eocene to the early Oligocene. They are classified in Equoidea, along with the living family Equidae (which includes zebras, horses and asses).

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