palaeotherim

Updated: May 4, 2025

In the earlier Miocene, and perhaps the later Eocene deposits of some parts of Europe, another extinct animal has been discovered, which Cuvier, who first described some fragments of it, considered to be a Palaeotherim. But as further discoveries threw new light upon its structure, it was recognised as a distinct genus, under the name of Anchitherium.

Thomas Henry Huxley - Lectures on Evolution