Berrulestes, Hooker & Russell, 2012

Hooker, Jerry J. & Russell, Donald E., 2012, Early Palaeogene Louisinidae (Macroscelidea, Mammalia), their relationships and north European diversity, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 164 (4), pp. 856-936 : 873

GENUS BERRULESTES GEN. NOV.

Type species: Berrulestes phelizoni sp. nov., late Thanetian, Cernay and Berru.

Referred species: Berrulestes pellouini sp. nov., late Thanetian, Cernay and Berru; Berrulestes poirieri sp. nov., late Thanetian, Cernay and Berru; B. sp. 1, middle Thanetian, Châlons-sur-Vesle.

Etymology: From the locality Berru and from the Greek lhsth ς, a robber, a common suffix for insectivorous mammal genera. Masculine.

Diagnosis: P 1 one-rooted (only known in B. phelizoni and shared with Walbeckodon ). P 4 with low crestiform paraconid, basined lingually and isolated by notch from paracristid in most individuals. DP 4 also with low crestiform paraconid. M 1 preparacrista indistinct, directed mesiobuccally (shared with W. girardi ). M 1 parastyle large, mesially pointed (shared with Dipavali and Gigarton ). M 1 metaconid mesially convex (shared with Prolouisina , Louisina , and Teilhardimys brisswalteri ). M 1 postentocristid distally concave (shared with Dipavali and L. mirabilis ). M 1 pre-entocristid with concave edge (shared with W. girardi , Pa. dolloi , and Pa. yvettae ). M 1 entoconid about half the height of the metaconid (shared with Thryptodon ). M 1–2 cristid obliqua with steep main slope and rising a short distance up trigonid back wall (shared with Dipavali and Gigarton ).