Psittacotherium | |
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Life restoration | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | † Taeniodonta |
Family: | † Stylinodontidae |
Genus: | †
Psittacotherium Cope, 1882 |
Species: | †P. multifragum
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Binomial name | |
†Psittacotherium multifragum (
Cope, 1882)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Psittacotherium (meaning "parrot beast") is an extinct genus of taeniodont from the Paleocene of North America. With a weight of about 50 kg (110 lb) and a length over 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in), it had similar size of a large dog. [2]