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Perathereutes pungens

Mammalia - Sparassodonta

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.

Synonyms
  • Abderites altiramis was named by Ameghino (1894). Its type specimen is MACN 8250, a mandible (fragment of a right mandibular ramus with talonid of m3, anterior alveolus and posterior root of m4), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Cueva, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Perathereutes pungens by Marshall (1978) and Marshall (1981).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Perathereutes pungens Ameghino p. 27
1894Perathereuthes pungens Ameghino p. 136
1894Abderites altiramis Ameghino p. 340
1894Peratheutes pungens Lydekker p. 269
1978Perathereutes pungens Marshall
1981Perathereutes pungens Marshall

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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
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
orderSparassodonta()
subfamilyHathlyacininae()
genusPerathereutes
speciespungens

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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2013-05-24 23:51:13
Modified: 2013-05-24 08:51:13
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Goin 1997, Clemens 1979

Age range: Santacrucian or 17.50000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) Abderites altiramis (176565) Perathereutes pungens (142533 type locality: 176570 176602 210638)