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Peratherium africanus

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Peratherium africanus was named by Simons and Bown (1984). Its type specimen is CGM 40236, a mandible (dentary bearing p2-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quarry M (Jebel Qatrani Formation), which is in a Rupelian fluvial sandstone in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt.

It was recombined as Qatranitherium africanum by Crochet et al. (1992); it was corrected as Peratherium africanum by Gunnell (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. frequens

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Peratherium africanus Simons and Bown p. 540
1992Qatranitherium africanum Crochet et al.
2008Peratherium africanus Hooker et al.
2010Peratherium africanum Gunnell p. 77

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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
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—Herpetotheriidae(Trouessart 1879)
genusPeratheriumAymard 1850
speciesafricanus

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.

†Peratherium africanus Simons and Bown 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-28 21:40:09
Modified: 2011-04-28 06:40:09
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hopson 1973, Sánchez-Villagra et al. 2007, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Oman (Dhofar) Qatranitherium africanum (162464)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Egypt (Fayum) Peratherium africanus, Didelphidae indet. (type locality: 12960)