Alternative spellings: Perathereuthes, Peratheutes
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1891. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles descubiertos por Carlos Ameghino en el Eoceno inferior de la Patagonia austral. – Especies nuevas, adiciones y correcciones [New remains of fossil mammals discovered by Carlos Ameghino in the lower Eocene of southern Patagonia. – New species, additions, and corrections]. Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1:289-328
Parent taxon: Hathlyacyninae according to L. G. Marshall 1981
See also Ameghino 1891, Ameghino 1894, Lydekker 1894, Marshall 1978 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Acyon, Acyonidae, Amphoproviverridae, Andinogale, Borhyaenidium, Chasicostylus, Cladictidae, Cladosictidae, Cladosictinae, Cladosictis, Contrerascynus, Notictis, Notocynus, Notogale, Patene, Procladosictis, Pseudocladosictis, Pseudocladosictis determinabile, Pseudonotictis, Sallacyon, Sipalocyon
Subtaxa: Perathereutes pungens Perathereuthes amputans Perathereuthes obtusus
Type: Perathereutes pungens
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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