Paschatherium
title: "Paschatherium" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["paleocene-mammals", "eocene-genus-extinctions", "hyopsodontidae", "paleogene-mammals-of-europe", "fossil-taxa-described-in-1963", "prehistoric-placental-genera"] topic_path: "general/paleocene-mammals" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paschatherium" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
| fossil_range = Paleocene to Eocene | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Paschatherium | authority = Russel, 1963 | type_species = †Paschatherium russelli | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =
- P. marianae
- P. plaziati
- P. russelli
Paschatherium is a small extinct mammal of the Perissodactyla order, with an insectivore-like dentition. Its morphology indicates an arboreal form, adapted climbing and running on trees. Paschatherium must have been extremely numerous in the latest Paleocene and earliest Eocene of Europe, since it makes up the majority of all mammal fossils in some fossil sites.
Paschatherium has been viewed as a possible ancestor of our modern elephants, sea cows and hyraxes.{{cite book | title = Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids: 65 Million Years of Mammalian Evolution in Europe | first1 = Jordi | last1 = Agusti | first2 = Mauricio | last2 = Anton | publisher = Columbia University Press | year = 2002 | isbn = 0-231-11640-3
References
References
- [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42257 Paleobiology Database]
- [http://www.paleocene-mammals.de/condylarths.htm Paleocene mammals of the world]
- (2014-10-08). "Anthracobunids from the Middle Eocene of India and Pakistan Are Stem Perissodactyls". PLOS ONE.
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