Merialus
Extinct genus of mammals
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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]
| Merialus Temporal range: Early Eocene | |
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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 | |
