Peligrotherium Bonaparte et al. 1993 (mammal)

Mammalia - Meridiolestida - Mesungulatidae

Parent taxon: Mesungulatidae according to A. G. Martinelli et al. 2021

See also Gelfo et al. 2007, Gelfo and Pascual 2001 and Rougier et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Coloniatherium, Mesungulatum, Orretherium

Subtaxa: Peligrotherium tropicalis

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Type: Peligrotherium tropicalis

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Punta Peligro (Paleocene of Argentina)

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