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Peratherium macgrewi

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Peratherium macgrewi was named by Bown (1979). Its type locality is No Water (110'), which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.

It was synonymized subjectively with Peratherium innominatum by Krishtalka and Stucky (1983); it was synonymized subjectively with Copedelphys innominata by Rothecker and Storer (1996).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Peratherium macgrewi Bown
2009Peratherium macgrewi Beard and Dawson

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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
speciesmacgrewiBown 1979

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 macgrewi Bown 1979
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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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Clemens 1979

Age range: Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Mississippi) Peratherium sp. (15719)