A genus of extinct small even-toed hoofed mammals from the Eocene epoch, about the size of a fox, with complete tooth sets but no horns or tusks.
The genus name combining 'an-' (without) + 'hopla' (weapons) + 'ther' (beast), formally established by naturalist George Cuvier in 1804 based on French fossil specimens.
Cuvier's description of Anoplotherium was revolutionary—he reconstructed the entire animal from scattered bones, proving you could read an animal's life story from fossils, which basically invented modern paleontology.
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