Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Dryolestidae
Full reference: R. L. Cifelli, B. M. Davis, and B. Sames. 2014. Earliest Cretaceous mammals from the western United States. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59(1):31-52
Belongs to Lakotalestes according to R. L. Cifelli et al. 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: OMNH 62673, a tooth (right upper molar from the distal part of the series, perhaps M5). Its type locality is Near the mouth of Hell Canyon, about 17 km ENE of Edgemont (OMNH V1243), which is in a Berriasian/Valanginian fluvial mudstone/sandstone in the Lakota Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: South Dakota collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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