Peramuridae

The family Peramuridae is a possible ancestor of early therians. The only certain representative (Peramus) lived in the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous.

Peramuridae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Cladotheria
Clade: Zatheria
Order: Peramura
McKenna, 1975
Family: Peramuridae
Kretzoi, 1946
Genera

References

  1. Nicholas Chimento, Frederico Agnolin, Agustin Martinelli, Mesozoic Mammals from South America: Implications for understanding early mammalian faunas from Gondwana, May 2016
  2. Brian M. Davis (2012). "Micro-computed tomography reveals a diversity of Peramuran mammals from the Purbeck Group (Berriasian) of England". Palaeontology. 55 (4): 789–817. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01161.x.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  • Mckenna. "Peramura". Mikko's Phylogenetical Archive. Retrieved 19 July 2013.


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