| Fossil range | Early Eocene |
|---|---|
| Display parents | 3 |
| Taxon | Paraspaniella |
| Authority | Solé et al., 2019[1] |
| Type species | †Paraspaniella gunnelli |
| Type species authority | Solé et al., 2019 |
Paraspaniella ("beside Spaniella") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from subfamily Merialinae within family Paroxyclaenidae, that lived during the early Eocene in France.[2]
Description
Depending on the methodology employed, the body mass estimate for Paraspaniella gunnelli ranges from 0.735 kg to 1.640 kg.[1]
References
- ^ Floréal Solé; Olivia Plateau; Kévin Le Verger; Alain Phélizon (2019). "New paroxyclaenid mammals from the early Eocene of the Paris Basin (France) shed light on the origin and evolution of these endemic European cimolestans". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 17 (20): 1711–1743. Bibcode:2019JSPal..17.1711S. doi:10.1080/14772019.2018.1551248. S2CID 92487920
- ^ Solé, Floréal; Baqri, Syed Rafiqul Hassan; Iqbal, Nayyer; Roohi, Ghazala; Benammi, Mouloud; Crochet, Jean-Yves; De Franceschi, Dario; Antoine, Pierre-Olivier; Marandat, Bernard; Métais, Grégoire; Marivaux, Laurent (30 October 2024). "An unexpected late paroxyclaenid (Mammalia, Cimolesta) out of Europe: dental evidence from the Oligocene of the Bugti Hills, Pakistan". Papers in Palaeontology. 10 (6). Bibcode:2024PPal...10E1599S. doi:10.1002/spp2.1599. ISSN 2056-2799. Retrieved 29 May 2025. – via Wiley Online Library.