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Psittacotherium âśť

Description

Psittacotherium (meaning "parrot beast") 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.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4831696https://www.gbif.org/species/4831696
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)40619https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40619
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Stylinodontidae : Psittacotherium
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-Taeniodonta
-Stylinodontidae
genusPsittacotheriumCope 1882
Scientific NamePsittacotherium Cope, 1882
Name Published InAmer. Natural., 16
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Psittacotheriumgenusbelongs to Stylinodontidaestated without evidenceCope, 1882
Psittacotheriumgenusbelongs to Stylinodontidaestated with evidenceRook and Hunter, 2011
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene
Last Recorded Appearance61.7 - 56.8 Ma
Paleocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Stylinodontidae)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Stylinodontidae)
Reproductionviviparous (based on Stylinodontidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals.
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psittacotherium

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Psittacotherium multifragum âśť
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2363.3 Ma
Paleocene
61.7 Ma
Paleocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1882Psittacotherium Cope
1902Psittacotherium Hay p. 574
1998Psittacotherium Lucas et al.
2011Psittacotherium Rook and Hunter
2013Psittacotherium Williamson and Brusatte

References

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
Lucas S. G., Schoch R. M., et al (1998) Taeniodonta, Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America, 260-267
Rook D. L., Hunter J. P. (2011) Phylogeny of the Taeniodonta: Evidence from Dental Characters and Stratigraphy, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 2, 422-427
Williamson T. E., Brusatte S. L. (2013) New Specimens of the Rare Taeniodont Wortmania (Mammalia: Eutheria) from the San Juan Basin of New Mexico and Comments on the Phylogeny and Functional Morphology of “Archaic” Mammals, PLoS ONE 8 9, e75886:1-35 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0075886
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Amer. Natural., 16 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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