Psittacotherium
| Psittacotherium Temporal range: Early Paleocene | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Cimolesta |
| Suborder: | †Taeniodonta |
| Family: | †Stylinodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Stylinodontinae |
| Genus: | †Psittacotherium Cope, 1882 |
Psittacotherium is an extinct genus of taeniodont from the Paleocene of North America. With a weight of about 50 kg and a length over 1.1 m (3.5 ft), it had the size of a large dog.[1]
Sources
- Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids by Jordi Agusti and Mauricio Anton
- The Beginning of the Age of Mammals by Kenneth D. Rose
- Classification of Mammals by Malcolm C. McKenna and Susan K. Bell
- Evolution of Herbivory in Terrestrial Vertebrates: Perspectives from the Fossil Record by Hans-Dieter Sues
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