Psalodon fortis Marsh 1887 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Allodontidae

Alternative combination: Allodon fortis

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1887. American Jurassic mammals. The American Journal of Science, series 3 33(196):327-348

Belongs to Psalodon according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

See also Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska 1979, Hay 1902, Hay 1930 and Simpson 1927

Sister taxa: Psalodon marshi, Psalodon potens

Type specimen: YPM 11760, an other (right premaxilla with I2-3 and alveolus for I1). 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: arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at Quarry 9, Como Bluff (YPM)

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