Palaeotherium. Artist's impression of the extinct mammal Palaeotherium. This genus lived during the Eocene and Oligocene epoch between 54 and 23 milli

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Palaeotherium. Artist's impression of the extinct mammal Palaeotherium. This genus lived during the Eocene and Oligocene epoch between 54 and 23 million years ago. It was closely related to horses and rhinos but most resembled a modern-day tapir.

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Photo credit: © CHRISTIAN DARKIN/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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