Amblotherium

Amblotherium; Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Dryolestida
Family:	†Dryolestidae
Subfamily:	†Dryolestinae
Genus:	†Amblotherium; Owen, 1871
Species
	Amblotherium pusillum ; (Owen, 1866) (type); Ambolotherium apiarium ; Connelly et al., 2026; Ambolotherium debilis ; Marsh, 1881; Ambolotherium megistodon ; Foster et al., 2020; Ambolotherium nanum ; Owen, 1871; Amblotherium gracilis ; Marsh, 1879; Ambolotherium soricinum ; Owen, 1871;
Synonyms
	A. pusillum: Stylodon pusillus ; Owen, 1866; Amblotherium soricinum ; Owen, 1871; A. gracile: Comotherium richi Prothero, 1981; Kepolestes debilis ; Simpson, 1927; Miccylotyrans minimus ; Simpson 1927;

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,² while the referred species Amblotherium gracilis is from stratigraphic zones 2, 3 and 5 of the Morrison Formation of the US.³

References

Connelly, B. E.; Rougier, G. W.; Davis, B. M. (2026). "Associated upper and lower dentition of a new species of the dryolestid mammal Amblotherium from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation (Utah, USA)". New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin. 102: 331–345.
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.

[1] Connelly, B. E.; Rougier, G. W.; Davis, B. M. (2026). "Associated upper and lower dentition of a new species of the dryolestid mammal Amblotherium from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation (Utah, USA)". New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin. 102: 331–345.

[averianov2013-2] 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-3] 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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