Research history of Palaeotherium
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title:
Research history of Palaeotherium
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The research history of Palaeotherium is complicated given its extensive fossil record and lengthy taxonomic history, with the earliest record of its fossils dating back to 1782 when the French physicist Robert de Lamanon described the skull of what the naturalist Georges Cuvier described as belonging to P. medium in 1804. Cuvier initially recognized its affinities to tapirs and rhinoceroses and classified fossil material to three different species based on size. From 1805 to 1824, he establishe
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Studies of a genus of palaeothere
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_history_of_Palaeotherium
date created:
2024-07-18T03:35:48Z
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2024-09-07T03:49:18Z
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