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Psittacotherium Temporal range: Early Paleocene |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Cimolesta |
| Suborder: | †Taeniodonta |
| Family: | †Stylinodontidae |
| Subfamily: | †Stylinodontinae |
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†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.