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Peramus
Taxonomy
Peramus was named by Owen (1871). Its type is Peramus tenuirostris.
It was assigned to Marsupialia by Owen (1871); to Paurodontidae by Simpson (1928) and Simpson (1929); to Peramura by Prothero (1981); to Cladotheria by Wang et al. (1998); to Zatheria by Averianov et al. (2015); and to Peramuridae by Kraus (1979), McKenna and Bell (1997), Sigogneau-Russell (1999), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Davis (2012) and Allain et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Marsupialia by Owen (1871); to Paurodontidae by Simpson (1928) and Simpson (1929); to Peramura by Prothero (1981); to Cladotheria by Wang et al. (1998); to Zatheria by Averianov et al. (2015); and to Peramuridae by Kraus (1979), McKenna and Bell (1997), Sigogneau-Russell (1999), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Davis (2012) and Allain et al. (2022).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1871 | Peramus Owen p. 41 |
| 1928 | Peramus Simpson p. 121 |
| 1929 | Peramus Simpson p. 47 |
| 1979 | Peramus Kraus p. 164 |
| 1981 | Peramus Prothero p. 321 |
| 1997 | Peramus McKenna and Bell |
| 1998 | Peramus Wang et al. |
| 1999 | Peramus Sigogneau-Russell p. 95 |
| 2004 | Peramus Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 380, 402 fig. 10.16 |
| 2012 | Peramus Davis p. 793 |
| 2015 | Peramus Averianov et al. |
| 2022 | Peramus Allain et al. |
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G. †Peramus Owen 1871
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†Peramus dubius Owen 1871
†Peramus minor Owen 1871
†Peramus tenuirostris Owen 1871
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| B. M. Davis 2012 | Differs from other peramurid genera in presence of strongly developed hypoconulid embrasure (cusps e and f) on m2 and m3; differs from Afriquiamus in smaller size, more lingually positioned metacone, presence of lingual cingulum and presence of three roots on upper molars; differs from Kouriogenys gen. nov. in two-rooted p1, and p4 mesiodistally longer than or equal to p5; differs from Peramuroides gen. nov. in larger size, large size difference between p3 and p4, and m1 trigonid angle of 90 degrees; differs from Tendagurutherium in absence of evidence for coronoid bone, and paraconid higher than metaconid; differs from Gen. et sp. indet. of Sigogneau-Russell (1999) in smaller size and in having transversely wider upper molars with a lingual cingulum and three roots. |