Valentinella
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Valentinellais a LateCretaceousgenus ofeutherianmammal fromFrance,Europe.[1]It was originally known from some damaged lower and upper jaws, and was cautiously referred to thelainodontinezhelestidmammals.[1]This identification was later questioned[2]and even considered anomen dubiumby some researchers,[3]and remains uncertain due to the scarcity and fragmentary nature of the fossils.
Valentinellawas the third known Late Cretaceous eutherian mammal genus from Europe, afterLabesandLainodon.[1]It was found at Vitrolles-La Plaine in the Aix-en-Provence Basin (Maastrichtianin age), in south-eastern France.
References[edit]
- ^abcdTabuce, R., Vianey-Liaud, M. and Garcia, G., 2004.A eutherian mammal in the latest Cretaceous of Vitrolles, southern France.Acta Palaeontologica Polonica,49(3).
- ^Gheerbrant, E. and Astibia, H., 2012.Addition to the Late Cretaceous Laño mammal faunule (Spain) and to the knowledge of European “Zhelestidae” (Lainodontinae nov.).Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, 183(6), pp.537-546.
- ^Archibald, J.D. and Averianov, A., 2012.Phylogenetic analysis, taxonomic revision, and dental ontogeny of the Cretaceous Zhelestidae (Mammalia: Eutheria).Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society,164(2), pp.361-426.
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