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| Tirotherium Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific 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 | |
Tirotherium is an extinct genus of boreosphenidan mammal that lived in Alberta during the Santonian and Campanian stages of the epoch.
Taxonomy
Tirotherium likely belongs to the family Picopsidae within Boreosphenida, although its placement in this family is not certain.[1]
References
- ↑ Montellano-Ballesteros, Marisol; Fox, Richard C. (16 January 2015). Sues, Hans-Dieter (ed.). "A new tribotherian (Mammalia, Boreosphenida) from the late Santonian to early Campanian upper Milk River Formation, Alberta". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 52 (1): 77–83. doi:10.1139/cjes-2014-0144. ISSN 0008-4077. Retrieved 7 January 2026 – via Canadian Science Publishing.
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