Peradectes
| Peradectes Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Full skeleton of Peradectes from the Naturmuseum Senckenberg. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Family: | †Peradectidae |
| Genus: | †Peradectes Matthew and Granger, 1921 |
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.