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Glirodon grandis

Mammalia - Multituberculata

Taxonomy
Glirodon grandis was named by Engelmann and Callison (1999). Its type specimen is DINO 10822, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Glirodon grandis type site, DNM (PROXY), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian terrestrial horizon in the Morrison Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Glirodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Glirodon grandis Engelmann and Callison pp. 161-162
2001Glirodon grandis Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum p. 412
2004Glirodon grandis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 253, 303

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
genusGlirodon
speciesgrandis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Glirodon grandis Engelmann and Callison 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2005-09-01 17:42:57
Modified: 2005-09-01 19:42:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Jenkins and Krause 1983, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Utah) Glirodon grandis (type locality: 131064)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (Colorado) Glirodon sp. (53040)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0USA (Colorado) Glirodon grandis (71476)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0USA (Utah) Glirodon grandis (191718)