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Description
Key Facts
Meaning: Before Palaeotherium
Pronunciation: Pro- pay- lo- there- e- um
Time range: 55- 47 million years ago
Dietary type: Herbivorous—eating fallen fruit
Size: 30m at the shoulder
Weight: 10 kg
Closest living relative: Modern horses
Fossil finds: Across Eurasia

It had a little tapir's like appearance. It has many tiny hooflets that resembled nails instead of hooves. The Messel fossils, which were well-preserved, demonstrated their herbivory, particularly their penchant for eating berries and leafy plant material plucked from the forest floor. Due to its small size, it was mostly likely vulnerable to larger predators such as hoofed crocodiles.

Description
Key Facts
Meaning: Before Palaeotherium
Pronunciation: Pro- pay- lo- there- e- um
Time range: 55- 47 million years ago
Dietary type: Herbivorous—eating fallen fruit
Size: 30m at the shoulder
Weight: 10 kg
Closest living relative: Modern horses
Fossil finds: Across Eurasia

It had a little tapir's like appearance. It has many tiny hooflets that resembled nails instead of hooves. The Messel fossils, which were well-preserved, demonstrated their herbivory, particularly their penchant for eating berries and leafy plant material plucked from the forest floor. Due to its small size, it was mostly likely vulnerable to larger predators such as hoofed crocodiles.