Merialus
Merialus ("animal from Meyreuil") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from subfamily Merialinae within family Paroxyclaenidae, that lived during the early Eocene in France.
| Merialus Temporal range: Early Eocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Pantolesta |
| Family: | †Paroxyclaenidae |
| Subfamily: | †Merialinae |
| Genus: | †Merialus Russell & Godinot, 1988[1] |
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| †Merialus martinae Russell & Godinot, 1988
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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
[edit]- ^ 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
- ^ 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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