Peligrotherium

Peligrotherium; Temporal range: Early Paleocene (Peligran); ~61.7–58.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Subclass:	Theria
Order:	†Dryolestida
Family:	Peligrotheriidae
Genus:	Peligrotherium; Bonaparte, Van Valen & Kramartz, 1993
Species:	P. tropicalis; Bonaparte, Van Valen & Kramartz, 1993

Peligrotherium is an extinct dryolestoid from the Paleocene of Patagonia, originally interpreted as a stem-ungulate (though it did co-exist with early meridiungulates). Its remains have been found the Salamanca Formation.^[1] It was a dog-sized mammal, among the largest of all dryolestoids, and closely related to mesungulatids, another lineage of large sized herbivorous dryolestoids.^[2]

References

^ Peligrotherium at Fossilworks.org
^ Guillermo Rougier, Laura Chornogubsky, Silvio Casadío, GIALLOMBARDO, Mammals from the Allen Formation, Late Cretaceous, Argentina, Cretaceous Research 2009(1):223-238 · February 2009 Impact Factor: 1.90 · DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2008.07.006

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[FMPeligrotherium-1] Peligrotherium at Fossilworks.org

[2] Guillermo Rougier, Laura Chornogubsky, Silvio Casadío, GIALLOMBARDO, Mammals from the Allen Formation, Late Cretaceous, Argentina, Cretaceous Research 2009(1):223-238 · February 2009 Impact Factor: 1.90 · DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2008.07.006

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