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Perutherium

Osteichthyes - Notoungulata - Perutheriidae

Taxonomy
Perutherium was named by Grambast et al. (1967). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Condylarthra by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (1979); and to Perutheriidae by Marshall and de Muizon (1983).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Perutherium Grambast et al.
1979Perutherium Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 223
1983Perutherium Marshall and de Muizon p. 147

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
suborderNotioprogonia
familyPerutheriidaeGrambast et al. 1967
genusPerutheriumGrambast et al. 1967

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. †Perutherium Grambast et al. 1967
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Perutherium altiplanense Grambast et al. 1967
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-05 17:11:49
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:11:49
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden et al. 1996, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Ypresian or 59.24000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07Peru (Puno) P. altiplanense (28230)