Peramuridae
| Peramuridae Temporal range: Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous
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| Lower jaw of Peramus tenuirostris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Clade: | Prototribosphenida |
| Clade: | Zatheria |
| Order: | †Peramura McKenna, 1975 |
| Family: | †Peramuridae Kretzoi, 1946 |
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The family Peramuridae is a family of mammals that lived in the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous. They are considered to be advanced cladotherians closely related to therian mammals as part of Zatheria.[3]
References
- ^ Nicholas Chimento, Frederico Agnolin, Agustin Martinelli, Mesozoic Mammals from South America: Implications for understanding early mammalian faunas from Gondwana, May 2016
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Lasseron, Maxime; Martin, Thomas; Allain, Ronan; Haddoumi, Hamid; Jalil, Nour-Eddine; Zouhri, Samir; Gheerbrant, Emmanuel (2022-06-02). "An African Radiation of 'Dryolestoidea' (Donodontidae, Cladotheria) and its Significance for Mammalian Evolution". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 29 (4): 733–761. doi:10.1007/s10914-022-09613-9. ISSN 1064-7554. S2CID 249324444.
- Mckenna. "Peramura". Mikko's Phylogenetical Archive. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
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