Psittacotherium

Psittacotherium
Temporal range: Early Paleocene
Fossil
Scientific classification
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]

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