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Perutheriidae

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Perutheriidae

Taxonomy
Perutheriidae was named by Grambast et al. (1967).

It was assigned to Notioprogonia by Marshall and de Muizon (1983); to Epitheria by Nessov et al. (1998); and to Notoungulata by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Perutheriidae Grambast et al.
1983Perutheriidae Marshall and de Muizon p. 147
1998Perutheriidae Nessov et al. p. 45
2004Perutheriidae Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 495, 516

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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
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Paenungulatomorpha
PaenungulataSimpson 1945
Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
suborderNotioprogonia
familyPerutheriidaeGrambast et al. 1967
familyPerutheriidaeGrambast 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.

Fm. †Perutheriidae Grambast et al. 1967
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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: Lillegraven 1979, MacFadden et al. 1996, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Ypresian or 59.20000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Peru (Puno) Perutherium altiplanense (28230)