Peligrotherium
Encyclopedia
Peligrotherium is an extinct dryolestid
from the Paleocene
of Patagonia
. Originally, it was thought to be a condylarth
. Its remains have been found the Salamanca Formation.
Dryolestida
Dryolestida is an extinct order of mammals known from the Jurassic to Tertiary. It has been suggested that these mammals are either the possible ancestors of therian mammals or an offshoot from the same evolutionary line. It is also believed that they developed a fully mammalian jaw and also had...
from the Paleocene
Paleocene
The Paleocene or Palaeocene, the "early recent", is a geologic epoch that lasted from about . It is the first epoch of the Palaeogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era...
of Patagonia
Patagonia
Patagonia is a region located in Argentina and Chile, integrating the southernmost section of the Andes mountains to the southwest towards the Pacific ocean and from the east of the cordillera to the valleys it follows south through Colorado River towards Carmen de Patagones in the Atlantic Ocean...
. Originally, it was thought to be a condylarth
Condylarth
Condylarthra is an order of extinct placental mammals known primarily from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs. Condylarths are among the most characteristic Paleocene mammals and they illustrate the evolutionary level of the Paleocene mammal fauna....
. Its remains have been found the Salamanca Formation.
External links
- http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=1120659
- http://home.arcor.de/ktdykes/dryolestoids.htm
- http://www.helsinki.fi/~mhaaramo/metazoa/deuterostoma/chordata/synapsida/basal_mammalia/dryolestoidea/dryolestida.html