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Psittacotherium

Osteichthyes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Psittacotherium Cope
1902Psittacotherium Hay p. 574
1930Psittacotherium Hay p. 399
1998Psittacotherium Lucas et al.
2011Psittacotherium Rook and Hunter
2013Psittacotherium Williamson and Brusatte

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Taeniodonta(Cope 1876)
—Stylinodontidae(Marsh 1875)
genusPsittacotheriumCope 1882

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Psittacotherium Cope 1882
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Invalid names: Hemiganus vultuosus Cope 1882 [synonym], Psittacotherium aspasiae Cope 1882 [synonym], Psittacotherium megalodus Cope 1887 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-08-24 13:26:44
Modified: 2005-08-30 17:15:27
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Torrejonian to the top of the Tiffanian or 63.80000 to 56.20000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Texas) P. multifragum (14948 14956 14970)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) P. multifragum (14913)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) P. multifragum (14812 14815 14816 14824 14825 14826 14833 14834 14835 14836 14865 14866 14868 14871 14873 14893)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) P. multifragum (14886)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Colorado) P. sp. (14943)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Texas) P. multifragum (14975)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Montana) P. multifragum (15025)