Laolestes andresi Martin 1999 (mammal)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Dryolestidae

Full reference: T. Martin. 1999. Dryolestidae (Dryolestida, Mammalia) aus dem Oberen Jura von Portugal. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 550:1-119

Belongs to Laolestes according to Martin 1997

Sister taxa: Laolestes eminens, Laolestes goodrichi, Laolestes hodsoni

Type specimen: PP Mam 124/67, a tooth (left upper molar). Its type locality is Porto Pinheiro, Lourinha, which is in a Kimmeridgian estuary/bay marl/mudstone in the Lourinhã Formation of Portugal.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Porto Pinheiro, Lourinha

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