GREMLIN
a plant-eating leptoceratopsid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Canada.
Pronunciation: GREM-lin
Meaning: Gremlin
Author/s: Ryan
et al. (
2023)
Synonyms: None known
First Discovery: Alberta, Canada
Discovery Chart Position: #1087
Gremlin slobodorum
(Sloboda's Gremlin)Etymology
Discovery
The remains of
Gremlin were discovered in the Oldman Formation, southern Alberta, Canada, by Ed and Wendy Sloboda.
The
holotype (TMP 2011.053.0027) is a skull bone (right frontal).
Estimations
Timeline:
Era: Mesozoic
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Campanian
Age range: 77 mya
Stats:
Est. max. length: ?
Est. max. hip height: ?
Est. max. weight: ?
Diet: Herbivore
References
• Micucci LM, Evans, DC, Rizo H and Ryan MJ (2022) "A new Late Cretaceous leptoceratopsid specimen from the Oldman Formation (Campanian) of Alberta, Canada".
Canadian Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology Annual Meeting. Virtual. p. 35.
• Ryan MJ, Micucci LM, Rizo H, Sullivan C, Lee Y-N and Evans DC (2023) "New Late Cretaceous leptoceratopsid (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) from the Oldman Formation (Campanian) of Alberta, Canada".
Page 151–165 in Lee (ed.) "Windows into Sauropsid and Synapsid Evolution: Essays in Honor of Prof. Louis L. Jacobs". Dinosaur Science Center Press, Seoul.
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