Presbytherium
Name:
Presbytherium.
Phonetic: Press-be-fee-re-um.
Named By: Craig S. Scott - 2010.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia, Cimolesta,
Pantodonta, Cyriacotheriidae.
Species: P. rhodorugatus
(type), P. taurus.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Canada, Alberta - Paskapoo
Formation.
Time period: Palaeocene.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of a few
individuals.
Presbytherium is a genus of pantodont mammal that lived in the Canadian province of Alberta during the Palaeocene period.
Further reading
- New cyriacotheriid pantodonts (Mammalia, Pantodonta) from the
Paleocene of Alberta, Canada, and the relationships of
Cyriacotheriidae. - Journal of Paleontology 84(2):197-215.
- Craig S. Scott - 2010.
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