Merialus Temporal range: Eocene Early | |
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Scientific 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 | |
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]