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Peratherium elegans

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Peratherium elegans was named by Aymard (1846).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. frequens

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Peratherium elegans Aymard

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—Herpetotheriidae(Trouessart 1879)
genusPeratheriumAymard 1850
specieselegansAymard 1846

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Peratherium elegans Aymard 1846
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-28 21:40:09
Modified: 2011-04-28 06:40:09
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Sánchez-Villagra et al. 2007, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hopson 1973, Clemens 1979

Age range: base of the MP 22 to the top of the Chattian or 33.90000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 2233.9 - 28.4France Peratherium elegans (183452)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1France Peratherium elegans (183381)
MP 23 - MP 2533.9 - 23.03Germany (Hesse) Peratherium elegans (186510)
MP 2533.9 - 23.03France Peratherium elegans (60214)
MP 2533.9 - 23.03France (Quercy) Peratherium elegans (36717)
MP 2628.4 - 23.03France (Gard) Peratherium elegans (172927)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Peratherium elegans (60281)