page_title: Palaeotheriidae
section_title: Morphology
hierarchical_section_title: Palaeotheriidae / Morphology
caption_attribution_description: English: Fossil of Plagiolophus annectens, an extinct mammal Took the photo at Museo di Storia Naturale, Milano
context_page_description: Palaeotheriidae is an extinct family of herbivorous perissodactyl mammals related to equids. They ranged across Europe and Asia from the Eocene through to the early Oligocene 55–33 Ma, existing for approximately 22 million years.
  Living in dense forests, they ate soft leaves, shoots, berries, and leaf matter picked up from the forest floor.
context_section_description: Palaeothere sizes ranged from 20 to 75 cm (8 to 30 in) at the shoulder, and weighed an estimated 10–30 kg (20–70 lb).
caption: Plagiolophus annectens jaw
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