What is Palaeothere?
{{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|55|28}}Early [[Eocene]] to early [[Oligocene]] | image = Palaeotherium curtum skull.JPG | image_caption = ''Palaeotherium curtum'' skull | taxon = Palaeotheriidae | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = * ''[[Palaeotherium]]'' * ''[[Hyracotherium]]'' * ''[[Anchilophus]]'' * ''[[Lophiotherium]]'' * ''[[Pachynolophus]]'' * ''[[Propachynolophus]]'' }} '''Palaeotheres''' are an [[extinct]] group of [[herbivorous]] [[mammals]]. They are related to [[tapir]]s and [[rhinoceros]], and probably ancestral to [[horse]]s. They ranged across [[Europe]] and [[Asia]] during the [[Eocene]] and [[Oligocene]] 55{{ndash}}28 million years ago. They were small to medium-sized. They lived in dense [[forest]]s. They ate soft leaves, shoots, berries, and leaf matter picked up from the forest floor. Genera: * ''[[Palaeotherium]]'' * ''[[Hyracotherium]]'' * ''[[Anchilophus]]'' * ''[[Lophiotherium]]'' * ''[[Propachynolophus]]'' {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Extinct mammals]] [[Category:Fossils]]