Propalaeotherium Gervais, 1849

Remy, Jean A., Krasovec, Gabriel, Lopez, Éric, Marandat, Bernard & Lihoreau, Fabrice, 2019, The Palaeotheriidae (Equoidea, Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the Eocene fauna of Aumelas (Hérault department, France), Geodiversitas 41 (13), pp. 525-585 : 528

Genus Propalaeotherium Gervais, 1849

EMENDED DIAGNOSIS OF GENUS (according to Remy et al. 2016). — Small to large equoids with estimated skull length from 120 to about 250 millimeters; dental formula: 3.1.4.3/3.1.4.3; brachylophodont

dentition; upper molars with more or less pronounced mesostyle;

upper premolars non-molariform, lacking hypocone; mesostyle on P3-4/ and entoconid on P/3-4 only present in youngest species; lower cheek teeth without paraconid; lower molars with rounded crescentic lobes and twinned prominent rnetaconid; lingual cingula on upper molars, usually weak or absent; lower cheek teeth with more or less developed labial cingula, but with weak or absent lingual cingula; rather short postcanine diastema. Propalaeotherium differs from Eurohippus by a wider skull and narrower ramus with regard to its height.

TYPE SPECIES. — Propalaeotherium isselanum (Cuvier, 1824).

INCLUDED SPECIES. — Pr. argentonicum Gervais, 1849, Pr. gaudryi (Lemoine, 1878) (synonym of Propachynolophus gaudryi Lemoine, 1878 ; see Remy 2017), Pr. hassiacum Haupt, 1925 , Pr. helveticum Savage, Russell, Louis, 1965, Pr. voigti Matthes, 1977 .