Peratherium Explained
Peratherium is a genus of metatherian mammals in the family Herpetotheriidae that lived in Europe and Africa from the Early Eocene to the Early Miocene. Species include the following:
- Peratherium africanum
- Peratherium antiquum
- Peratherium bretouense
- Peratherium cayluxi
- Peratherium constans
- Peratherium cuvieri
- Peratherium elegans
- Peratherium lavergnense
- Peratherium matronense
- Peratherium monspeliense
- Peratherium perrierense
- Peratherium sudrei
Further reading
- Sánchez-Villagra . M.. Ladevèze . S. . Horovitz . I.. Argot . C. . Hooker . J. J. . MacRini . T. E. . Martin . T.. Moore-Fay . S. . De Muizon . C. . Schmelzle . T. . Asher . R. J.. 10.1098/rsbl.2007.0090 . Exceptionally preserved North American Paleogene metatherians: Adaptations and discovery of a major gap in the opossum fossil record . Biology Letters . 3 . 3 . 318–322 . 2007 . 17426007. 2390683.
- Book: McKenna . M. C. . Bell . S. K. . 1997 . Columbia University Press . 978-0-231-11013-6 . 631 . Classification of Mammals: Above the Species Level .
