Peramus tenuirostris Owen 1871 (mammal)

Mammalia - Peramura - Peramuridae

Full reference: R. Owen. 1871. Monograph of the fossil Mammalia of the Mesozoic formations. 24(110):vi-115

Belongs to Peramus according to B. M. Davis 2012

See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kraus 1979 and Simpson 1928

Sister taxa: Peramus dubius, Peramus minor

Type specimen: BMNH 47742, a mandible (left mandible). Its type locality is Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83), which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83)

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