Perathereutes

Perathereutes; Temporal range: Burdigalian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Sparassodonta
Genus:	†Perathereutes; Ameghino, 1891
Type species
	Perathereutes pungens; Ameghino, 1891
Other species
	Perathereutes amputans Ameghino, 1891; Perathereutes obtusus Ameghino, 1891;

Perathereutes is an extinct genus of sparassodont that lived in Argentina during the Burdigalian stage of the Miocene epoch, during the Santacrucian South American land mammal age.

Palaeobiology

The mandibular morphology of Perathereutes was found to occupy a morphospace overlapping with present-day insectivores and generalist omnivores, suggesting a similar diet.

References

↑ "Perathereutes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
↑ Echarri, Sebastian; Ercoli, Marcos D.; Amelia Chemisquy, M.; Turazzini, Guillermo; Prevosti, Francisco J. (December 2015). "Mandible morphology and diet of the South American extinct metatherian predators (Mammalia, Metatheria, Sparassodonta)". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 106 (4): 277–288. doi:10.1017/S1755691016000190. hdl:11336/40736. ISSN 1755-6910. Retrieved 3 May 2026 – via Cambridge Core.

[1] "Perathereutes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 May 2026.

[2] Echarri, Sebastian; Ercoli, Marcos D.; Amelia Chemisquy, M.; Turazzini, Guillermo; Prevosti, Francisco J. (December 2015). "Mandible morphology and diet of the South American extinct metatherian predators (Mammalia, Metatheria, Sparassodonta)". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 106 (4): 277–288. doi:10.1017/S1755691016000190. hdl:11336/40736. ISSN 1755-6910. Retrieved 3 May 2026 – via Cambridge Core.