Peramuridae

Extinct family of mammals

Peramuridae
Temporal range: Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous
Lower jaw of Peramus tenuirostris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Prototribosphenida
Clade: Zatheria
Order: Peramura
McKenna, 1975
Family: Peramuridae
Kretzoi, 1946
Genera
  • Afriquiamus
  • Kiyatherium
  • Magnimus
  • Minimus
  • ?Tendagurutherium (possibly an australosphenidan instead[1])
  • Peramus
  • Abelodon
  • Pocamus
  • Kouriogenys[2]
  • Peramuroides[2]

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. ^ a b 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". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 29 (4): 733–761. doi:10.1007/s10914-022-09613-9. ISSN 1064-7554. S2CID 249324444.
  • Mckenna. "Peramura". Mikko's Phylogenetical Archive. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
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