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Peradectes

Peradectes is an extinct genus of small metatherian mammals known from the latest Cretaceous to Eocene of North and South America and Europe. The first discovered fossil of P. elegans, was one of 15 Peradectes specimens described in 1921 from the Mason pocket fossil beds in Colorado. The monophyly of the genus has been questioned.

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Taxonomy and relationships

MetatherianMarsupialiaDidelphidsOpossums
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Palaeoecology

ScansorialFrugivorousInsectivorous
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Distribution

TiffanianMessel site
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Carnivory
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Peradectes

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Triples34
Avg. degree1.9
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Peradectes

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related to Distribution · 16
Peradectes → Australian, England, Fossils, Germany, It, Messel, New World, Northern Hemisphere, Paleocene, Peradectidae, South America, Specimens, The, Though, Tiffanian North American, Torrejonian
related to Taxonomy and relationships · 10
Peradectes → Didelphidae, It, Marsupialia, Nanodelphys, Once, Peradectidae, Peradectinae, Some, The, Thylacodon
related to Description · 4
Peradectes → As, One, Some, The
is a · 2
Peradectes → extinct genus of small metatherian mammals known from the latest Cretaceous to Eocene of North and South America and Europe, part
related to Palaeoecology · 2
Peradectes → Analyses, The

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genus fossil known specimens marsupial thought may peradectidae extinct south america opossums metatherian cretaceous along due anatomy modern least teeth

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Peradectesis aextinct genus of small metatherian mammals known from the latest Cretaceous to Eocene of North and South America and Europe0.90text
Peradectesis apart0.90text
Peradectesrelated to DescriptionAs0.60section
Peradectesrelated to DescriptionThe0.60section
Peradectesrelated to DescriptionSome0.60section
Peradectesrelated to DescriptionOne0.60section
Peradectesrelated to DistributionFossils0.60section
Peradectesrelated to DistributionPeradectidae0.60section
Peradectesrelated to DistributionNorthern Hemisphere0.60section
Peradectesrelated to DistributionIt0.60section
Peradectesrelated to DistributionTiffanian North American0.60section
Peradectesrelated to DistributionPaleocene0.60section

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