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Peratherium

Mammalia

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Peratherium Aymard
1872Entomacodon Marsh
1872Centracodon Marsh p. 215
1902Centracodon Hay p. 740
1902Entomacodon Hay p. 741
1930Centracodon Hay
1930Peratherium Hay p. 392
1930Entomacodon Hay p. 435
1966Peratherium Johnson p. 80
1967Entomacodon Van Valen
1983Peratherium Krishtalka and Stucky p. 208
1986Peratherium Hooker p. 215
1994Peratherium Korth p. 394
1996Peratherium Hooker p. 142
1996Peratherium Johanson p. 1023
1997Entomacodon McKenna and Bell
1997Peratherium McKenna and Bell
2004Peratherium Korth and Eaton p. 109
2010Peratherium Gunnell p. 77
2014Peratherium Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 576

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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
—Marsupialia()
—Herpetotheriidae(Trouessart 1879)
genusPeratheriumAymard 1850

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. †Peratherium Aymard 1850
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†Peratherium africanus Simons and Bown 1984
†Peratherium antiquum Blaineville 1840
†Peratherium bretouense Crochet 1979
†Peratherium comstocki Cope 1884
†Peratherium constans Teilhard de Jardin 1927
†Peratherium cuvieri Fisher 1829
†Peratherium edwardi Gazin 1952
†Peratherium elegans Aymard 1846
†Peratherium giselense Heller 1936
†Peratherium lavergnense Crochet 1979
†Peratherium macgrewi Bown 1979
†Peratherium matronense Crochet 1979
Invalid names: Centracodon Marsh 1872 [synonym], Entomacodon Marsh 1872 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 10 gs
Minimum body mass: 3 gs
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-28 21:40:09
Modified: 2011-04-28 06:40:09
Source: s = species, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Sánchez-Villagra et al. 2007, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Legendre 1988, Clemens 1979

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Chattian or 55.80000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (79 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Île-de-France) P. matronense (68437)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium (Brabant) P. constans (35531)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium P. matronense (68438)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) P. sp. (68439)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) P. sp. (68174)
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) P. comstocki (15930)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Mississippi) P. sp. (15719)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Utah) P. sp. (198248)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) P. comstocki (15510 15942) P. edwardi (15662)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) P. sp. (15660)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6France (Var) P. matronense (35538)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6France (Corbieres) P. constans (92838 182668)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Spain (Lleida) P. sp. (88345)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Portugal (Região Centro) P. constans (79200)
MP 10 - MP 1155.8 - 40.4France P. sp., P. matronense (183396)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) P. sp. 1 (3256)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) P. comstocki (16240)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) P. comstocki (16207 16449) P. sp. (16280 16296)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) P. sp. (16712)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) P. sp. (31735)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Spain (Zamora) P. matronense (79704)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) P. giselense (13322)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Spain (Salamanca) P. matronense (41311)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) Herpetotherium comstocki (16586)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) P. comstocki (16542) P. sp. (16614)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) Herpetotherium comstocki (16587)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) P. sp. (31736 183350)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) P. bretouense, P. lavergnense (12840)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Picardie Region) P. sp. (12847)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Spain (Catalonia) P. perriense, P. lavergnense (31751)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Ile-de-France Region) P. cuvieri (31739)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) P. cuvieri (184230)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Romania P. lavergnense (221118)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) P. cayluxi, P. cuvieri (31747)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) P. cuvieri (12842 12843 12852) P. lavergnense (12841) P. perrierense, P. lavergnense (12849) P. sp. (31764)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Portugal (Coímbra) P. cuvieri (182272)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) P. sp. A (39662 40029 40030)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Quercy) P. perrierense, P. cuvieri, P. lavergnense (12850)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Serbia and Montenegro (Pčinja) P. sp. (196815)
MP 1837.2 - 33.9Spain (Basque County) P. cuvieri (38817)
MP 1937.2 - 33.9Spain (Catalonia) P. sp. (31752)
MP 20 - MP 2137.2 - 28.4France (Occitanie) P. sp. (183382)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Oman (Dhofar) Qatranitherium africanum (162464)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) P. laurillardi (31583)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Germany P. sp. (34630)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Auvergne Region) P. laillardi, P. frequens (31767)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Serbia and Montenegro (Pirotska oblast ) P. sp. (196837 196838 196840)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Belgium P. lavergnense (31748)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Serbia and Montenegro P. sp. (190736)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4France P. elegans (183452)
MP 2433.9 - 28.4France (Region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) P. sp. (37567) P. spp. (37518)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Egypt (Fayum) P. africanus, Didelphidae indet. (12960)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1France P. elegans (183381)
MP 23 - MP 2533.9 - 23.03Germany (Hesse) P. elegans (186510)
MP 2533.9 - 23.03France (Quercy) P. elegans (36717)
MP 2533.9 - 23.03France P. elegans (60214)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03France (Alpes-de-haute Provence) P. frequens (200438)
MP 2628.4 - 23.03France (Occitanie) P. sp. (183674)
MP 2628.4 - 23.03France (Gard) P. elegans (172927)
MP 2928.4 - 23.03Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. antiquum (74679)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France P. elegans (60281)