Deperetella

Deperetella; Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification
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

Tsubamoto, T., Egi, N., Takai, M., Sein, C., and Maung, M. (2005). "Middle Eocene ungulate mammals from Myanmar: A review with description of new specimens" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 50 (1): 117–138.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
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] Tsubamoto, T., Egi, N., Takai, M., Sein, C., and Maung, M. (2005). "Middle Eocene ungulate mammals from Myanmar: A review with description of new specimens" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 50 (1): 117–138.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

[2] Matthew, W. D.; Granger, W. (1925). "New mammals from the Shara Murun Eocene of Mongolia" (PDF). American Museum Novitates (196).