Planetetherium

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Planetetherium
Fossil range: Late Paleocene
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Dermoptera
Family: Plagiomenidae
Genus: Planetetherium

Planetetherium is an extinct genus of mammal.

The 25 cm (10 in) long creature was the first colugo, and strongly resembled the current representatives of the order. It had the same skin membrane which it used to glide between trees, and also similarly shaped teeth.

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