Palaeosyops
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Palaeosyops (Greek: "old" (paleos), "boar" (kapros), "face" (ops)) is a genus of small brontothere which lived during the early to middle Eocene.
==Biology and size== left|thumb|P. robustus skull collected from Bridger Basin, Wyoming with model by [[Erwin S. Christman, AMNH.]] It was about the size of small cattle, with a weight of 600–800 kg depending on the species.