Merialus

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Merialus
Temporal range: 56.0–55.2 Ma
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 Early Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Pantolesta
Family: †Paroxyclaenidae
Subfamily: †Merialinae
Genus: †Merialus
Russell & Godinot, 1988[1]
Type species
†Merialus martinae
Russell & Godinot, 1988
Species
  • †M. bruneti (Solé, 2019)[2]
  • †M. martinae (Russell & Godinot, 1988)[1]

Merialus ("animal from Meyreuil")[1] is an extinct genus of placental mammals from subfamily Merialinae within family Paroxyclaenidae, that lived during the early Eocene in France.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d D. E. Russell and M. Godinot (1988.) "The Paroxyclaenidae (Mammalia) and a new form from the early Eocene of Palette, France." Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 62(3/4):319-331
  2. ^ a b Floréal Solé; Olivia Plateau; Kévin Le Verger; Alain Phélizon (2019). "New paroxyclaenid mammals from the early Eocene of the Paris Basin (France) shed light on the origin and evolution of these endemic European cimolestans" (PDF). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 17 (20): 1711–1743. Bibcode:2019JSPal..17.1711S. doi:10.1080/14772019.2018.1551248. S2CID 92487920.
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