Deperetella
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Deperetellidae
Genus: Deperetella
Matthew & Granger, 1925
Type species
Deperetella cristata
Matthew & Granger, 1925
Species
  • D. cristata
  • D. depereti
  • D. dienensis
  • D. khaitchinulensis
  • D. kungeica
  • D. sichuanensis
Synonyms[1]
  • Cristidentinus Zdansky, 1930
  • Diplolophodon Zdansky, 1930

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

  1. Tsubamoto, T.; Egi, N.; Takai, M.; Sein, C.; Maung, M. (2005). "Middle Eocene ungulate mammals from Myanmar: A review with description of new specimens" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 50 (1): 117–138.
  2. Matthew, W. D.; Granger, W. (1925). "New mammals from the Shara Murun Eocene of Mongolia" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (196).


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