Peramus Owen 1871 (mammal)

Mammalia - Peramura - Peramuridae

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

Parent taxon: Peramuridae according to R. Allain et al. 2022

See also Averianov et al. 2015, Davis 2012, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kraus 1979, McKenna and Bell 1997, Owen 1871, Prothero 1981, Sigogneau-Russell 1999, Simpson 1928, Simpson 1929 and Wang et al. 1998

Sister taxa: Afriquiamus, Kouriogenys, Peramuroides, Tendagurutherium

Subtaxa: Peramus dubius Peramus minor Peramus tenuirostris

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Type: Peramus tenuirostris

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (2)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Morocco (1)

Total: 4 collections including 6 occurrences

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