Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Dryolestidae
Alternative combinations: Amblotherium gracile, Stylacodon gracilis
Synonym: Laodon venustus Marsh 1887
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1879. Notice of a new Jurassic mammal. American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 18(103):60-61
Belongs to Amblotherium according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Engelmann and Callison 1998, Hay 1902, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kraus 1979, Marsh 1879, Marsh 1887, Marsh 1897, Prothero 1981, Simpson 1927 and Simpson 1929
Sister taxa: Amblotherium debilis, Amblotherium megistodon, Amblotherium nanum, Amblotherium pusillum, Amblotherium soricinum
Type specimens:
- Amblotherium gracilis: YPM 11883, a mandible (left mandible comprising a toothless anterior portion, the impression of the middle portion, and a posterior portion with P4, M1-4, and P3). Its type locality is Quarry 9, Como Bluff (YPM), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming.
- Laodon venustus: USNM 2142, a mandible (left mandible with P3-4 and M1-7). Its type locality is Quarry 9, Como Bluff (YPM), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (3: Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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