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| Palembertina Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | †Cainotheriidae |
| Genus: | †Palembertina |
| Species: | †P. desplasi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Palembertina desplasi Weppe et al., 2020 | |
Palembertina is an extinct monotypic genus of cainotheriid ungulate that lived in Europe during the Priabonian stage of the Eocene epoch.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The generic name Palembertina references the fossil site of Palembert in France, where the holotype was found. The specific epithet of the type species, Palembertina desplasi, honours the palaeontologist Claude Desplas for his discoveries of fossils in the Quercy Phosphorites Formation. The species was originally published as Palembertina deplasi, but this was later corrected to Palembertina desplasi because the original epithet misspelled Desplas's name.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Palembertina". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ Weppe, Romain; Blondel, Cécile; Vianey-Liaud, Monique; Pélissié, Thierry; Orliac, Maëva Judith (November 2020). "A new Cainotherioidea (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from Palembert (Quercy, SW France): Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the dental pattern of Cainotheriidae". Palaeontologia Electronica. 23 (3): a54. doi:10.26879/1081. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
- ↑ Weppe, Romain; Blondel, Cécile; Vianey-Liaud, Monique; Pélissié, Thierry; Orliac, Maëva Judith (2021). "Palembertina desplasi, an emended name for Palembertina deplasi Weppe, Blondel, Vianey-Liaud, Pélissié, and Orliac, 2020 (Artiodactyla, Cainotheriidae) from Palembert (Quercy, SW France)". Palaeontologia Electronica. Retrieved 24 June 2026.
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