Peramuridae

Peramuridae; Temporal range: Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Cladotheria
Clade:	Zatheria
Order:	†Peramura; McKenna, 1975
Family:	†Peramuridae; Kretzoi, 1946
Genera
	Afriquiamus; Kiyatherium; Kennetheredium; Magnimus; Minimus; ?Tendagurutherium (possibly an australosphenidan instead[1]); Peramus; Palaeoxonodon; Abelodon; Pocamus; Kouriogenys[2]; Peramuroides[2];

The family Peramuridae is a possible ancestor of early therians. The only certain representative (Peramus) lived in the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous.

References

Nicholas Chimento, Frederico Agnolin, Agustin Martinelli, Mesozoic Mammals from South America: Implications for understanding early mammalian faunas from Gondwana, May 2016
Brian M. Davis (2012). "Micro-computed tomography reveals a diversity of Peramuran mammals from the Purbeck Group (Berriasian) of England". Palaeontology. 55 (4): 789–817. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01161.x.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)

Mckenna. "Peramura". Mikko's Phylogenetical Archive. Retrieved 19 July 2013.

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[1] Nicholas Chimento, Frederico Agnolin, Agustin Martinelli, Mesozoic Mammals from South America: Implications for understanding early mammalian faunas from Gondwana, May 2016

[DavisPalaeontology-2] Brian M. Davis (2012). "Micro-computed tomography reveals a diversity of Peramuran mammals from the Purbeck Group (Berriasian) of England". Palaeontology. 55 (4): 789–817. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01161.x.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)