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Peradectes

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4826807	https://www.gbif.org/species/4826807
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	39981	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=39981

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Didelphimorphia : Didelphidae : Peradectes

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Peradectidae : Peradectes

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Theriamorpha
-	Theriiformes
-	Trechnotheria	McKenna 1975
-	Cladotheria	McKenna 1975
-	Boreosphenida
subclass	Theria	Parker and Haswell 1897
subclass	Metatheria
-	Peradectidae
genus	Peradectes	Matthew & Granger 1921

Scientific Name

Peradectes Matthew & Granger, 1921

Name Published In

Matthew, W. D. & W. Granger. 1921. New genera of Paleocene mammals. American Museum Novitates 13: 1-7.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Peradectes	genus	belongs to Didelphidae	stated without evidence	Matthew and Granger, 1921
Peradectes	genus	belongs to Didelphinae	stated without evidence	Clemens, 1979
Peradectes	genus	belongs to Peradectini	stated with evidence	Krishtalka and Stucky, 1983
Peradectes	genus	belongs to Didelphidae	stated without evidence	Gingerich, 1987
Peradectes	genus	belongs to Peradectidae	stated without evidence	Marshall and de Muizon, 1988
Peradectes	genus	belongs to Peradectinae	stated with evidence	Korth, 1994
Peradectes	genus	belongs to Peradectidae	stated with evidence	Johanson, 1996
Peradectes	genus	belongs to Didelphidae	implied	McKenna and Bell, 1997
Peradectes	genus	belongs to Peradectidae	stated without evidence	Kielan-Jaworowska et al., 2004
Peradectes	genus	belongs to Peradectidae	stated with evidence	Horovitz et al., 2009
Peradectes	genus	belongs to Peradectidae	stated without evidence	Rose et al., 2012
Peradectes	genus	belongs to Marsupialia	stated without evidence	Wilson et al., 2016

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 63.3 Ma
Paleocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Mammalia)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

omnivore (based on Metatheria)

Reproduction

viviparous (based on Theria)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1921. New genera of Paleocene mammals. American Museum Novitates 13:1-7

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Alphadon austrinum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Peradectes austrinum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	58.7 Ma Paleocene
Peradectes coprexeches ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Peradectes elegans ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	61.7 Ma Paleocene	55.8 Ma Eocene
Peradectes gulottai ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Peradectes louisi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	56.0 Ma Paleocene	55.8 Ma Eocene
Peradectes minor ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Peradectes protinnominatus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		23	61.7 Ma Paleocene	55.8 Ma Eocene
Peratherium californicum species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		33	46.2 Ma Eocene	40.4 Ma Eocene
Peratherium chesteri species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		25	58.7 Ma Paleocene	46.2 Ma Eocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1921	Peradectes Matthew and Granger
1979	Peradectes Clemens p. 193
1983	Peradectes Krishtalka and Stucky p. 219
1987	Peradectes Gingerich p. 301
1988	Peradectes Marshall and de Muizon
1994	Peradectes Korth p. 395
1996	Peradectes Johanson p. 1030

Year	Name and Author
1997	Peradectes McKenna and Bell
2004	Peradectes Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 443, 458 fig. 12.11E
2009	Peradectes Horovitz et al. p. 6
2012	Peradectes Rose et al.
2012	Peradectes Williamson et al.
2016	Peradectes Wilson et al.

References

Matthew W. D., Granger W. (1921) New genera of Paleocene mammals, American Museum Novitates 13, 1-7

Krishtalka L., Stucky R. K. (1983) Revision of the Wind River faunas, early Eocene of central Wyoming. Part 3. Marsupialia, Annals of Carnegie Museum 52 9, 205-227

Gingerich P. D. (1987) Early Eocene bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) and other vertebrates in freshwater limestones of the Willlwood Formation, Clark's Fork Basin, Wyoming, Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 27 11, 275-320

Marshall L. G., de Muizon C. (1988) The Dawn of the Age of Mammals in South America, National Geographic Research 4, 23-55

Korth W. W. (1994) Middle Tertiary marsupials (Mammalia) from North America, Journal of Paleontology 68 2, 376-397

Johanson Z. (1996) New marsupial from the Fort Union Formation, Swain Quarry, Wyoming, Journal of Paleontology 70 6, 1023-1031

McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640

Kielan-Jaworowska Z., Cifelli R. L., et al (2004) Mammals from the age of dinosaurs: Origins, evolution, and structure, Columbia University Press, New York, 1-630

Horovitz I., Martin T., et al (2009) Cranial anatomy of the earliest marsupials and the origin of opossums, PLoS One 4 12, e8278. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008278

Rose K. D., Chew A. E., et al (2012) Earliest Eocene mammalian fauna from the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum at Sand Creek Divide, southern Bighorn Basin, Wyoming, University of Michigan Papers on Paleontology 36, 1-122

Williamson T. E., Brusatte S. L., et al (2012) The phylogeny and evolution of Cretaceous–Palaeogene metatherians: cladistic analysis and description of new early Palaeocene specimens from the Nacimiento Formation, New Mexico, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10 4, 625-651

Wilson G. P., Ekdale E. G., et al (2016) A large carnivorous mammal from the Late Cretaceous and the North American origin of marsupials, Nature Communications 7, 13734:1-10

Amer. Mus. Novit., No. 13 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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