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Peligrotherium tropicalis

Mammalia - Meridiolestida - Mesungulatidae

Taxonomy
Peligrotherium tropicalis was named by Bonaparte et al. (1993). Its type specimen is UNPSJB PV 914, a mandible (Right dentary with m1 and m2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Punta Peligro, which is in a Danian mire/swamp claystone/conglomerate in the Salamanca Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Peligrotherium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Peligrotherium tropicalis Bonaparte et al.
2001Peligrotherium tropicalis Gelfo and Pascual
2007Peligrotherium tropicalis Gelfo et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Dryolestoidea(Butler 1939)
orderMeridiolestida
—Mesungulatoidea
familyMesungulatidae
genusPeligrotheriumBonaparte et al. 1993
speciestropicalisBonaparte et al. 1993

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Peligrotherium tropicalis Bonaparte et al. 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Chubut) Peligrotherium tropicalis (type locality: 95914)