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Perathereutes pungens
Taxonomy
Perathereutes pungens was named by Ameghino (1891) [Nuevos restos de mamiferos fosiles descubiertos por Carlos Ameghino en el eoceno inferior de la Patagonia austral]. Its type specimen is MACN 684, a mandible (left mandibular ramus with alveolus of c, roots of p1-3, m1-4 complete but worn), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro Observatorio, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Perathereutes.
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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.
†Perathereutes pungens Ameghino 1891
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Invalid names: Abderites altiramis Ameghino 1894 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available