Amblotherium

Amblotherium; Temporal range: Late Jurassic-Berriasian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	† Dryolestida
Family:	† Dryolestidae
Subfamily:	† Dryolestinae
Genus:	† Amblotherium ; Owen, 1871
Species
	Amblotherium pusillum; (Owen, 1866) (type); Amblotherium gracile; Marsh, 1879 ;
Synonyms
	A. pusillum: Stylodon pusillus; Owen, 1866; Amblotherium soricinum; Owen, 1871; A. gracile: Comotherium richiProthero, 1981; Kepolestes debilis; Simpson, 1927; Miccylotyrans minimus; Simpson 1927;

Last updated October 10, 2025

Amblotherium is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous mammal. The type species Amblotherium pusillum is from the Lulworth Formation of southern England,^[1] while the referred species Amblotherium gracile is from stratigraphic zones 2, 3 and 5 of the Morrison Formation of the US.^[2]

References

1 2 Averianov, A.O.; Martin, T.; Lopatin, A.V. (2013). "A new phylogeny for basal Trechnotheria and Cladotheria and affinities of South American endemic Late Cretaceous mammals". Naturwissenschaften. 100: 311–326. doi:10.1007/s00114-013-1028-3.
↑ Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329.

Foster, J. (2007). Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. 389pp.

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[averianov2013-1] 1 2 Averianov, A.O.; Martin, T.; Lopatin, A.V. (2013). "A new phylogeny for basal Trechnotheria and Cladotheria and affinities of South American endemic Late Cretaceous mammals". Naturwissenschaften. 100: 311–326. doi:10.1007/s00114-013-1028-3.

[foster-appendix-2] Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329.

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