Peramus

Peramus; Temporal range: 145.5–140.2 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Peramura
Family:	Peramuridae
Genus:	Peramus; Owen, 1871

Peramus is the only confirmed genus in the family Peramuridae, and a possible ancestor of early therians. It lived in the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous period.

Distribution and habitat

The genus existed from the Late Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous period. Fossil records for the genus have been found in the United Kingdom and Morocco.^[1]

Species

There are three known extinct species in the genus:^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Fossilworks: Peramus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2020-01-29.

[:0-1] "Fossilworks: Peramus". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2020-01-29.

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