Palaeotherium

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Palaeotherium Temporal range: Middle Eocene–Early Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
P. magnum skeleton
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Family:	†Palaeotheriidae
Genus:	†Palaeotherium Cuvier, 1804
Species
?P. curtum ?P. duvalii ?P. medium P. parvulum P. muehlbergi P. minus P. magnum

Palaeotherium (Ancient Greek for 'old beast'^[1]) is an extinct genus of perissodactyl ungulate known from the Mid Eocene to earliest Oligocene of Europe. First described by French naturalist Georges Cuvier in 1804, Palaeotherium was among the first Paleogene mammals to be described.