''Peratherium'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
metatheria
Metatheria is a mammalian clade that includes all mammals more closely related to marsupials than to placentals. First proposed by Thomas Henry Huxley in 1880, it is a more inclusive group than the marsupials; it contains all marsupials as wel ...
n mammals in the family
Herpetotheriidae
Herpetotheriidae is an extinct family of metatherians, closely related to marsupials. Species of this family are generally reconstructed as terrestrial, and are considered morphologically similar to modern opossums. Fossils of herpetotheriids com ...
that lived in Europe and Africa from the
Early Eocene to the
Early Miocene
The Early Miocene (also known as Lower Miocene) is a sub-epoch of the Miocene epoch (geology), Epoch made up of two faunal stage, stages: the Aquitanian age, Aquitanian and Burdigalian stages.
The sub-epoch lasted from 23.03 ± 0.05 annum, Ma to ...
. Species include the following:
*''Peratherium africanum''
*''Peratherium antiquum''
*''Peratherium bretouense''
*''Peratherium cayluxi''
*''Peratherium constans''
*''Peratherium cuvieri''
*''Peratherium elegans''
*''Peratherium lavergnense''
*''Peratherium matronense''
*''Peratherium monspeliense''
*''Peratherium perrierense''
*''Peratherium sudrei''
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Prehistoric metatherians
Oligocene mammals
Oligocene mammals of Europe
Paleogene France
Fossils of France
Quercy Phosphorites Formation
Prehistoric mammal genera
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