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Peligrotheriidae (disused)

Mammalia - Meridiolestida - Peligrotheriidae

Taxonomy
Peligrotheriidae was named by Bonaparte et al. (1993). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dryolestida by Gelfo and Pascual (2001), Gelfo et al. (2007); and to Mesungulatoidea by Rougier et al. (2011), Harper et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Peligrotheriidae Bonaparte et al.
2001Peligrotheriidae Gelfo and Pascual
2007Peligrotheriidae Gelfo et al.
2011Peligrotheridae Rougier et al. p. S12
2018Peligrotheriidae Harper et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Dryolestoidea(Butler 1939)
orderMeridiolestida
Mesungulatoidea
familyPeligrotheriidaeBonaparte et al. 1993
familyPeligrotheriidaeBonaparte et al. 1993

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Peligrotheriidae Bonaparte et al. 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available