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Extinct genus of mammals
Peratherium is a
genus of
metatherian mammals in the family
Herpetotheriidae that lived in Europe and Africa from the
Early Eocene to the
Early Miocene. Species include the following:
- Peratherium africanum
- Peratherium antiquum
- Peratherium bretouense
- Peratherium cayluxi
- Peratherium constans
- Peratherium cuvieri
- Peratherium elegans
- Peratherium lavergnense
- Peratherium matronense
- Peratherium monspeliense
- Peratherium perrierense
- Peratherium sudrei
References
Further reading
- Sánchez-Villagra, M.; Ladevèze, S.; Horovitz, I.; Argot, C.; Hooker, J. J.; MacRini, T. E.; Martin, T.; Moore-Fay, S.; De Muizon, C.; Schmelzle, T.; Asher, R. J. (2007).
"Exceptionally preserved North American Paleogene metatherians: Adaptations and discovery of a major gap in the opossum fossil record". Biology Letters. 3 (3): 318–322.
doi:
10.1098/rsbl.2007.0090.
PMC
2390683.
PMID
17426007.
- McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press. p. 631.
ISBN
978-0-231-11013-6.
External links
Media related to
Peratherium at Wikimedia Commons