†family Glasbiidae Clemens 1966 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Polydolopimorphia - Glasbiidae

Alternative spelling: Glasbiinae

Full reference: W. A. Clemens. 1966. Fossil mammals from the type Lance Formation, Wyoming. Part II. Marsupialia. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 62:1-122

Parent taxon: Polydolopimorphia according to F. J. Goin et al. 2023

See also Beck et al. 2008, Clemens 1979, Davis 2007, Goin et al. 2010, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Pascual 1983

Sister taxa: Apeirodon, Argyrolagidae, Bobbschaefferia, Bonapartheriidae, Bonapartheriiformes, Chulpasiinae, Cocatherium, Gashterniidae, Hatcheriformes, Polydolopidae, Polydolopiformes, Polydolopoidea, Prepidolopidae, Prepidolops, Pujatodon, Roberthoffstetteria, Wamradolops

Subtaxa: Esteslestes Glasbius Periakros Reigia

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Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Tinguirirican of Argentina (1 collection)

• Eocene of Argentina (1), Mexico (1)

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (25: Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Wyoming)

Total: 29 collections including 31 occurrences

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