Merialus

Merialus
Temporal range: Early Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pantolesta
Family: Paroxyclaenidae
Subfamily: Merialinae
Genus: Merialus
Russell & Godinot, 1988
Type species
Merialus martinae
Russell & Godinot, 1988
Species
  • M. bruneti (Solé, 2019)
  • M. martinae (Russell & Godinot, 1988)

Merialus ("animal from Meyreuil") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from subfamily Merialinae within family Paroxyclaenidae, that lived during the early Eocene in France.