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Peligrotherium

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Dryolestida

Family
  
Peligrotheriidae

Rank
  
Genus

Subclass
  
Theria

Species
  
P. tropicalis Bonaparte, 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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Peligrotherium Wikipedia