Peradectes

Peradectes
Temporal range: Maastrichtian–Eocene
A fossil embedded in a rock
Full skeleton of Peradectes from the Naturmuseum Senckenberg.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Family: †Peradectidae
Genus: †Peradectes
Matthew and Granger, 1921

Peradectes is an extinct genus of small metatherian mammals known from the latest Cretaceous[1] to Eocene of North and South America and Europe.[2] The first discovered fossil of P. elegans, was one of 15 Peradectes specimens described in 1921 from the Mason pocket fossil beds in Colorado.[3] The monophyly of the genus has been questioned.[4]

  1. ^ Korth, W. W. (2008). Marsupialia. In C. M. Janis, G. F. Gunnell, & M. D. Uhen (Eds.), Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Volume 2, Small Mammals, Xenarthrans, and Marine Mammals. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  2. ^ Czaplewski, J. J. (Ed.). (n.d.). Paleobiology Database Navigator. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  3. ^ Matthew, W., & Granger, W. (1921). New genera of Paleocene mammals (American Museum novitates ; no. 13). New York City: By order of the Trustees of The American Museum of Natural History.
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