Perutherium
Extinct genus of mammals
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Perutherium is monospecific genus of notoungulates from the Late Paleocene to Early Eocene Muñani Formation of Peru. The holotype consists of a fragment of a lower jaw with the posterior half of the first molar and the anterior half of the second molar.[1] A fragment of an upper molar from the same location may also belong to Perutherium.
| Perutherium | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Notoungulata |
| Genus: | †Perutherium Grambast et al. 1967 |
| Species: | †P. altiplanense |
| Binomial name | |
| †Perutherium altiplanense Grambast et al. 1967 | |
