Perutherium

Perutherium; Temporal range: Late Paleocene-Early Eocene (Itaboraian-Casamayoran); ~
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

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.