Phylum Chordata Order Dryolestida | Family Peligrotheriidae Rank Genus Subclass Theria | |
Species P. tropicalisBonaparte, Van Valen & Kramartz, 1993 Similar Dryolestida, Necrolestes, Theria, Dryolestes, Henkelotherium | ||
Peligrotherium is an extinct dryolestoid from the Paleocene of Patagonia, originally interpreted as a stem-ungulate (though it did co-exist with early meridiungulates). Its remains have been found the Salamanca Formation. It was a dog-sized mammal, among the largest of all dryolestoids, and closely related to mesungulatids, another lineage of large sized herbivorous dryolestoids.
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