Peramuridae
Appearance
Peramuridae Temporal range: Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Clade: | Prototribosphenida |
Clade: | Zatheria |
Order: | †Peramura McKenna, 1975 |
Family: | †Peramuridae Kretzoi, 1946 |
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The family Peramuridae is a possible ancestor of early therians. The only certain representative (Peramus) lived in the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous.
References
- ^ Nicholas Chimento, Frederico Agnolin, Agustin Martinelli, Mesozoic Mammals from South America: Implications for understanding early mammalian faunas from Gondwana, May 2016
- ^ a b "Micro-computed tomography reveals a diversity of Peramuran mammals from the Purbeck Group (Berriasian) of England". Palaeontology. 55 (4): 789–817. 2012. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01161.x.
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- Mckenna. "Peramura". Mikko's Phylogenetical Archive. Retrieved 19 July 2013.