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Perutherium
Temporal range: Late Paleocene- Early Eocene ( Itaboraian- Casamayoran)
~58.7–48.6  Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Notoungulata
Genus: Perutherium
Grambast et al. 1967
Species:
P. altiplanense
Binomial name
Perutherium altiplanense
Grambast et al. 1967

Perutherium is monospecific genus of notoungulates from the Late Paleocene to Early Eocene Muñani Formation of Peru. The holotype consists of a fragment of a lower jaw with the posterior half of the first molar and the anterior half of the second molar. [1] A fragment of an upper molar from the same location may also belong to Perutherium.

References

  1. ^ Grambast, L., Martinez, M., Mattaouer, M., and Thaler, L., 1967, Perutherium altiplanense, nov. gen., nov. sp., premier Mammifere mesozoique d'Amerique du Sud: Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de lèAcadémie des Sciences de Paris, tomo 264, p. 707-710.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Perutherium
Temporal range: Late Paleocene- Early Eocene ( Itaboraian- Casamayoran)
~58.7–48.6  Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Notoungulata
Genus: Perutherium
Grambast et al. 1967
Species:
P. altiplanense
Binomial name
Perutherium altiplanense
Grambast et al. 1967

Perutherium is monospecific genus of notoungulates from the Late Paleocene to Early Eocene Muñani Formation of Peru. The holotype consists of a fragment of a lower jaw with the posterior half of the first molar and the anterior half of the second molar. [1] A fragment of an upper molar from the same location may also belong to Perutherium.

References

  1. ^ Grambast, L., Martinez, M., Mattaouer, M., and Thaler, L., 1967, Perutherium altiplanense, nov. gen., nov. sp., premier Mammifere mesozoique d'Amerique du Sud: Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de lèAcadémie des Sciences de Paris, tomo 264, p. 707-710.



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