Deperetella

Deperetella
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Superfamily: Tapiroidea
Family: Deperetellidae
Genus: Deperetella
1925
Species
  • D. cristata

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 Granger.[1]

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