Genus
Valid Extinct

Gremlin

Ryan et al. 2023

A gremlin is a mischievous fictional creature invented at the beginning of the 20th century originally to explain malfunctions in aircraft, and later in other machinery, processes and their operators. Depictions of these creatures vary widely. Stories about them and references to them as the causes of especially inexplicable technical and mental problems of pilots were especially popular during and after World War II.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Gremlin
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Marginocephalia Unranked clade
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Ceratopsia Suborder
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Neoceratopsia Infraorder
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Leptoceratopsidae Family
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Gremlin Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
🇨🇦 Canada
1
Geological formations
Two Medicine
1
Oldman
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Gremlin slobodorum 84 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
M. J. Ryan, L. Micucci, and H. Rizo, C. Sullivan, Y.-N. Lee, D. C. Evans. 2023. A new Late Cretaceous leptoceratopsid (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) from the Oldman Formation (Campanian) of Alberta, Canada. Windows into Sauropsid and Synapsid Evolution: Essays in Honor of Prof. Louis L. Jacobs
Bibliography (1)
M. J. Ryan, L. Micucci, and H. Rizo, C. Sullivan, Y.-N. Lee, D. C. Evans. 2023. A new Late Cretaceous leptoceratopsid (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) from the Oldman Formation (Campanian) of Alberta, Canada. Windows into Sauropsid and Synapsid Evolution: Essays in Honor of Prof. Louis L. Jacobs