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Psittacotherium
Taxonomy
Psittacotherium was named by Cope (1882). It is not extant. Its type is Psittacotherium multifragum.
It was assigned to Stylinodontidae by Cope (1882), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Lucas et al. (1998) and Lucas et al. (1998); and to Stylinodontidae by Rook and Hunter (2011) and Williamson and Brusatte (2013).
It was assigned to Stylinodontidae by Cope (1882), Hay (1902), Hay (1930), Lucas et al. (1998) and Lucas et al. (1998); and to Stylinodontidae by Rook and Hunter (2011) and Williamson and Brusatte (2013).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1882 | Psittacotherium Cope |
1902 | Psittacotherium Hay p. 574 |
1930 | Psittacotherium Hay p. 399 |
1998 | Psittacotherium Lucas et al. |
2011 | Psittacotherium Rook and Hunter |
2013 | Psittacotherium Williamson and Brusatte |
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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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†Psittacotherium multifragum 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
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Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: base of the Tiffanian to the top of the Torrejonian or 61.70000 to 60.90000 Ma
Collections (24 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Torrejonian | USA (Wyoming) | P. multifragum (14886) | |
Torrejonian | USA (Texas) | P. multifragum (14948 14956 14970 14975) | |
Torrejonian | USA (New Mexico) | P. multifragum (14812 14815 14816 14824 14825 14826 14833 14834 14835 14836 14865 14866 14868 14871 14873 14893) | |
Torrejonian | USA (Montana) | P. multifragum (14913) | |
Tiffanian | USA (Colorado) | P. sp. (14943) | |
Tiffanian | USA (Montana) | P. multifragum (15025) |