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
	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

^ "Middle Eocene ungulate mammals from Myanmar: A review with description of new specimens" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 50 (1): 117–138. 2005. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)
^ Matthew, W. D.; Granger, W. (1925). "New mammals from the Shara Murun Eocene of Mongolia" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (196).

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[1] "Middle Eocene ungulate mammals from Myanmar: A review with description of new specimens" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 50 (1): 117–138. 2005. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)

[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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