| Peratherium | |
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| Peratherium blainvillei lower jaw at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Family: | †Herpetotheriidae |
| Genus: | †Peratherium Aymard, 1850 |
Peratherium is a genus of metatherian mammals in the family Herpetotheriidae that lived in Europe and Africa from the Early Eocene to the Early Miocene. Species include the following:[1]
- Peratherium africanum
- Peratherium antiquum
- Peratherium bretouense
- Peratherium cayluxi
- Peratherium constans
- Peratherium cuvieri
- Peratherium elegans
- Peratherium lavergnense
- Peratherium matronense
- Peratherium monspeliense
- Peratherium perrierense
- Peratherium sudrei
- ^ Sánchez-Villagra et al. 2007, p. 318; McKenna & Bell 1997, p. 70.