Glasbius twitchelli Archibald 1982 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Polydolopimorphia - Glasbiidae

Full reference: J. D. Archibald. 1982. A study of Mammalia and geology across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in Garfield County, Montana. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 122:1-286

Belongs to Glasbius according to B. M. Davis 2007

See also Archibald 1982 and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Glasbius intricatus, Glasbius piceanus

Type specimen: UCMP 115853, a tooth (right M3). Its type locality is Flat Creek 5, which is in a Lancian terrestrial sandstone in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.

Ecology: scansorial herbivore-frugivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (18: Montana, North Dakota)

Total: 19 collections including 20 occurrences

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