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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]

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Dryolestida
Family:Dryolestidae
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Amblotherium
Temporal range: Late Jurassic-Berriasian
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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[1]
  • Ambolotherium debilis
    Marsh, 1881
  • Ambolotherium megistodon
    Foster et al., 2020
  • Ambolotherium nanum
    Owen, 1871
  • Amblotherium gracilis
    Marsh, 1879
  • Ambolotherium soricinum
    Owen, 1871
Synonyms[2]

A. pusillum:

  • Stylodon pusillus
    Owen, 1866
  • Amblotherium soricinum
    Owen, 1871

A. gracile:

  • Comotherium richi Prothero, 1981
  • Kepolestes debilis
    Simpson, 1927
  • Miccylotyrans minimus
    Simpson 1927
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