Merialus

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: 56.0–55.2 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Early Eocene
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
†M. bruneti (Solé, 2019)[2] †M. martinae (Russell & Godinot, 1988)[1]