Merialus

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Merialus
Temporal range: 56.0–55.2 Ma
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
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