Perutherium

Perutherium; Temporal range: Late Paleocene-Early Eocene (Itaboraian-Casamayoran); ~58.7–48.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific 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[edit]

^ 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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[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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