Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Dryolestidae

Alternative combinations: Amblotherium mustelula, Phascolestes mustelulus

Synonym: Phascolestes longirostris Owen 1871

Full reference: R. Owen. 1871. Monograph of the fossil Mammalia of the Mesozoic formations. 24(110):vi-115

Belongs to Phascolestes according to M. J. Kraus 1979

See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Owen 1871 and Simpson 1928

Sister taxon: Phascolestes dubius

Type specimens:

• Phascolestes mustelula: Its type locality is Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83), which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom
• Phascolestes longirostris: BMNH 47741, a mandible (partial left mandible).

Distribution: found only at Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.