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Gremlin Gremlin slobodorum Ryan et al. 2023

/ɡɹˈɛmlɪn/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · 83.6–72.2 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling

Where It Was Found

Countries
United States, Canada
Regions
Montana · Alberta
Formations
Two Medicine · Oldman
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Recorded finds in United States, Canada. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Gremlin slobodorum is a ceratopsian dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 83.6–72.2 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Montana, United States and elsewhere. It was named by Ryan et al. 2023. The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~8%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Gremlin slobodorum sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Gremlin
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Gremlin slobodorum's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.

predator–prey
Gorgosaurus
Gorgosaurus libratus
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predator–prey
Daspletosaurus
Daspletosaurus horneri
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predator–prey
Daspletosaurus
Daspletosaurus torosus
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coexisted–with
Stegoceras
Stegoceras validum
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coexisted–with
Ichthyornis
Ichthyornis dispar
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coexisted–with
Hesperornis
Hesperornis regalis
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coexisted–with
Hypacrosaurus
Hypacrosaurus stebingeri
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coexisted–with
Corythosaurus
Corythosaurus casuarius
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