Ferrequitherium, Scott, 2019

Scott, Craig S., 2019, Horolodectidae: a new family of unusual eutherians (Mammalia: Theria) from the Palaeocene of Alberta, Canada, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 185, pp. 431-458 : 434

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1093/zoolinnean/zly040
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D50F5678-824D-477B-9DC9-F39DD40002B9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5730359
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B6879E-FFB1-D90F-FC04-AB40DA1EFBDE
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Ferrequitherium
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

FERREQUITHERIUM GEN. NOV.

Z o o b a n k L S I D. — u r n: l s i d: z o o b a n k. org:act: AD147252-369F-40D1-A7F9-4233262A804C

Type species: Ferrequitherium sweeti sp. nov.

Other species: Type species only.

Etymology: Ferrum, Latin noun, iron; equus, Latin noun, horse; therion, Latin noun, beast. In reference to the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks below the Trainspotting locality.

Occurrence: Earliest Tiffanian (Ti1, Late Palaeocene) of south-western Alberta, Canada.

Diagnosis: As for the type species by monotypy.