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Dryolestes

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Dryolestes
Temporal range:Late Jurassic,
Kimmeridgian–Tithonian
Dryolestes priscuslower jaw
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Dryolestida
Family: Dryolestidae
Subfamily: Dryolestinae
Genus: Dryolestes
Marsh,1878
Species
  • Dryolestes priscus
    Marsh, 1878 (type)
  • Dryolestes leiriensis
    Martin, 1999
Synonyms
  • HerpetairusMarsh, 1879

Dryolestesis an extinct genus ofLate Jurassicmammal from theMorrison Formationand theAlcobaça Formationof Portugal. The type speciesDryolestes priscusis present in stratigraphic zones 2, 5, and 6.[1][2]

Dryolestidae

See also

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References

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  1. ^Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix."Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World.Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329.
  2. ^Averianov, A.O.; Martin, T.; Lopatin, A.V. (2013). "A new phylogeny for basal Trechnotheria and Cladotheria and affinities of South American endemic Late Cretaceous mammals".Naturwissenschaften.100(4): 311–326.Bibcode:2013NW....100..311A.doi:10.1007/s00114-013-1028-3.PMID23494201.S2CID91383652.

Further reading

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  • Foster, J. (2007). Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. 389pp.