Mammalia - Peramura - Peramuridae

Alternative combination: Spalacotherium minus

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

Belongs to Kouriogenys according to B. M. Davis 2012

See also Owen 1871 and Simpson 1928

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH 47751, a mandible (a left dentary fragment preserving a portion of the distal dentary, alveoli for the p1–p3 and m3, roots of the p4 and crowns of the p5 and m1–m2). 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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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.