Deperetella
| Deperetella Temporal range: Eocene | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Superfamily: | Tapiroidea |
| Family: | Deperetellidae |
| Genus: | †Deperetella Matthew and Granger, 1925 |
| Type species | |
| Deperetella cristata | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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.
- ↑ Matthew, W. D.; Granger, W. (1925). "New mammals from the Shara Murun Eocene of Mongolia" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (196).
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