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Peligrotherium
Extinct genus of mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Peligrotherium is an extinct meridiolestidan mammal from the Paleocene of Patagonia, originally interpreted as a stem-ungulate (though it did co-exist with early meridiungulates). Its remains have been found in the Salamanca Formation.[1] It was a dog-sized mammal, among the largest of all non-therian mammals (as well as the largest South American Paleocene mammal[2]). It is a member of Mesungulatoidea, a clade of herbivorous meridiolestidans with molars that had rounded (bunodont) cusps.[3][4]
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Peligrotherium | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Clade: | †Meridiolestida |
Clade: | †Mesungulatoidea |
Family: | †Peligrotheriidae Bonaparte et al., 1993 |
Genus: | †Peligrotherium Bonaparte et al., 1993 |
Species: | †P. tropicalis |
Binomial name | |
†Peligrotherium tropicalis Bonaparte et al., 1993 | |
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