Biology:Psalodon

Short description: Extinct family of mammals

Psalodon Temporal range: Late Jurassic PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Multituberculata
Family:	†Allodontidae
Genus:	†Psalodon Simpson, 1926
Species
P. fortis (Marsh, 1887) P. marshi Simpson, 1929 P. potens (Marsh, 1887)

Psalodon is an extinct genus of North American mammal that lived during the Upper Jurassic period. It's a member of the family Allodontidae within the order Multituberculata.

Biostratigraphy

Present in stratigraphic zones 2 and 5.

Species

Psalodon fortis was named by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1887 and G. G. Simpson in 1927. It is also known as Allodon fortis (Marsh 1887). Remains have been found in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Wyoming (United States). The holotype is at the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University.

Psalodon marshi was named by Simpson G.G. in 1929. All of the remains came from the Morrison Formation of Wyoming.

Psalodon potens was named by Marsh O.C. in 1887 and Simpson G.G. in 1927. It is also known as Ctenacodon potens (Marsh 1887). The remains assigned to this species were also found in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming and the holotype is also at Yale.

References

• Simpson (1927), Mesozoic Mammalia. VII. "Taxonomy of Morrison multituberculates". Am. J. Sci. (5) xiv: 36–38.
• Marsh (1887), "American Jurassic mammals". Am. J. Sci. (3) xxxiii: p. 326-348.
• Kielan-Jaworowska Z & Hurum JH (2001), "Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals". Paleontology 44, p. 389-429.

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