Biology:Peramuridae

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Short description: Extinct family of mammals

Peramuridae
Temporal range: Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous
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Lower jaw of Peramus tenuirostris
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Prototribosphenida
Clade: Zatheria
Order: Peramura
McKenna, 1975
Family: Peramuridae
Kretzoi, 1946
Genera

The family Peramuridae is a family of mammals that lived in the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous. They are considered to be advanced cladotherians closely related to therian mammals as part of Zatheria.[3]

References

  1. Nicholas Chimento, Frederico Agnolin, Agustin Martinelli, Mesozoic Mammals from South America: Implications for understanding early mammalian faunas from Gondwana, May 2016
  2. 2.0 2.1 Brian M. Davis (2012). "Micro-computed tomography reveals a diversity of Peramuran mammals from the Purbeck Group (Berriasian) of England". Palaeontology 55 (4): 789–817. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01161.x. 
  3. Lasseron, Maxime; Martin, Thomas; Allain, Ronan; Haddoumi, Hamid; Jalil, Nour-Eddine; Zouhri, Samir; Gheerbrant, Emmanuel (2022-06-02). "An African Radiation of 'Dryolestoidea' (Donodontidae, Cladotheria) and its Significance for Mammalian Evolution" (in en). Journal of Mammalian Evolution 29 (4): 733–761. doi:10.1007/s10914-022-09613-9. ISSN 1064-7554. https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10914-022-09613-9. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7166928 entry