Glirodon grandis Engelmann and Callison 1999 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata

Full reference: G. F. Engelmann and G. Callison. 1999. Glirodon grandis, a new multituberculate mammal from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation. Vertebrate Paleontology of Utah 161-178

Belongs to Glirodon according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and J. H. Hurum 2001

See also Engelmann and Callison 1999 and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: DINO 10822, a partial skull. Its type locality is Glirodon grandis type site, DNM (PROXY), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian terrestrial horizon in the Morrison Formation of Utah.

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of United States (4: Colorado, Utah collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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