Herpetotherium
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| Herpetotherium Temporal range: Early Eocene – Early Miocene[2] |
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| H. huntii | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Family: | Herpetotheriidae |
| Genus: | Herpetotherium Cope, 1873 |
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Herpetotherium is an extinct genus of metatherian.
Fossils have been found in California, Oregon, Texas, Florida, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, and Saskatchewan.[1] The oldest species, H. knighti, is dated to around 50.3mya[2], and the most recent, an unnamed species, may be as recent as 16.3mya.
[edit] Species
- H. fugax (syn. Didelphys pygmaea, H. scalare, H. tricuspis, Peratherium fugax) (type)
- H. huntii
- H. knighti (syn. Centracodon delicatus, Entomacodon minutus, Peratherium morrisi)
- H. merriami
- H. valens (syn. Peratherium donahoei)
- H. youngi (syn. Peratherium spindleri)
[edit] References
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