Mammalia - Dryolestoidea - 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 OMNH V1243, Hell Canyon, 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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