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Peligrotherium

Mammalia - Meridiolestida - Mesungulatidae

Taxonomy
Peligrotherium was named by Bonaparte et al. (1993). It is not extant. Its type is Peligrotherium tropicalis.

It was assigned to Peligrotheriidae by Gelfo and Pascual (2001) and Gelfo et al. (2007); to Peligrotheridae by Rougier et al. (2011); and to Mesungulatidae by Martinelli et al. (2021).

Species
P. tropicalis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Peligrotherium Bonaparte et al.
2001Peligrotherium Gelfo and Pascual
2007Peligrotherium Gelfo et al.
2011Peligrotherium Rougier et al. p. S12
2021Peligrotherium Martinelli 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
Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
superorderDryolestoidea(Butler 1939)
orderMeridiolestida
Mesungulatoidea
familyMesungulatidae
genusPeligrotheriumBonaparte 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.

G. †Peligrotherium Bonaparte et al. 1993
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Peligrotherium tropicalis Bonaparte et al. 1993
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: Hopson 1973, Luo et al. 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

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) P. tropicalis (95914)