''Peratherium'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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 well ...
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
In the geologic timescale the Ypresian is the oldest age or lowest stratigraphic stage of the Eocene. It spans the time between , is preceded by the Thanetian Age (part of the Paleocene) and is followed by the Eocene Lutetian Age. The Ypresian i ...
to the
Early Miocene. 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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