Deperetella
Deperetella Temporal range: Eocene
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | †Deperetellidae |
Genus: | †Deperetella Matthew & Granger, 1925 |
Type species | |
†Deperetella cristata Matthew & Granger, 1925
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Deperetella is an extinct genus of herbivorous mammals that flourished in the Eocene and were related to tapirs. The genus was defined in 1925 by W. D. Matthew and Walter W. Granger, who named it after French paleontologist Charles Depéret.[2]
References[]
- ^ Tsubamoto, T., Egi, N., Takai, M., Sein, C., and Maung, M. (2005). "Middle Eocene ungulate mammals from Myanmar: A review with description of new specimens" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 50 (1): 117–138.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
- ^ Matthew, W. D.; Granger, W. (1925). "New mammals from the Shara Murun Eocene of Mongolia" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (196).
Categories:
- Eocene odd-toed ungulates
- Eocene mammals of Asia
- Fossil taxa described in 1925
- Prehistoric odd-toed ungulate stubs