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TAXONOMY AND AFFINITIES OF AFRICAN CENOZOIC METATHERIANS

2021

The record of extinct African metatherians (Mammalia, Theria) is scanty, restricted in time (Eocene–Miocene), and its taxonomy is still subject of debate. A review of all African metatherians, or alleged metatherians, known up to now, led us to the recognition of only three taxa referable to this group: (1)  Kasserinotherium tunisiense  (Peradectoidea?), from the early Eocene of Tunisia; (2)  Peratherium africanum  (Herpetotheriidae), from the early Oligocene of Egypt and Oman, and (3) an indeterminate Herpetotheriidae? from the early Miocene of Uganda. Herpetotheriids probably reached Afro-Arabia from Europe in one or more dispersal waves since the early Oligocene.  Kasserinotherium , on t…