Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Dryolestidae
Alternative combination: Melanodon hodsoni
Full reference: W. A. Clemens and P. M. Lees. 1971. A review of English Early Cretaceous mammals. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 50(suppl. 1):117-130
Belongs to Laolestes according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004
See also Clemens and Lees 1971
Sister taxa: Laolestes andresi, Laolestes eminens, Laolestes goodrichi
Type specimen: University College, London W-14, a tooth (right upper molar). Its type locality is Tighe Farm, which is in a Valanginian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal conglomerate in the Wadhurst Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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