Valentinella
Extinct genus of mammals
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Valentinella is a Late Cretaceous genus of eutherian mammal from France.[1] It was originally known from some damaged lower and upper jaws, and was cautiously referred to the lainodontine zhelestid mammals.[1] This identification was later questioned [2] and even considered a nomen dubium by some researchers,[3] and remains uncertain due to the scarcity and fragmentary nature of the fossils.
| Valentinella Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Family: | †Zhelestidae |
| Genus: | †Valentinella (Tabuce et al., 2004)[1] |
| Type species | |
| †V. vitrollense (Tabuce et al., 2004) | |
Valentinella was the third known Late Cretaceous eutherian mammal genus from Europe, after Labes and Lainodon.[1] It was found at Vitrolles-La Plaine in the Aix-en-Provence Basin (Maastrichtian in age), in south-eastern France.
