Tirotherium

Extinct genus of boreosphenidan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tirotherium is an extinct genus of boreosphenidan mammal that lived in Alberta during the Santonian and Campanian stages of the epoch.

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Family:Picopsidae
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Tirotherium
Temporal range: Santonian–Campanian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Boreosphenida
Family: Picopsidae
Genus: Tirotherium
Species:
T. aptum
Binomial name
Tirotherium aptum
Montellano-Ballesteros and Fox, 2015
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Taxonomy

Tirotherium likely belongs to the family Picopsidae within Boreosphenida, although its placement in this family is not certain.[1]

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