Mammalia - Dryolestoidea - Dryolestidae
Parent taxon: Dryolestoidea according to R. L. Cifelli et al. 2014
See also Bonaparte 1986, Carroll 1988, Clemens 1963, Clemens and Lees 1971, Engelmann and Callison 1998, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kraus 1979, Lillegraven and McKenna 1986, Marsh 1887, Prothero 1981, Rougier et al. 2011, Simpson 1928 and Simpson 1929
Sister taxa: Amphitheriida, Barberenia, Brandonia, Dryolestida, Meridiolestida, Paurodontidae
Subtaxa: Amblotherium Anthracolestes Beckumia Comotherium Dryolestes Euthlastus Groebertherium Guimarotodus Henkelotherium Herpetairus Herpetarius Kepolestes Krebsotherium Lakotalestes Laolestes Malthacolestes Melanodon Miccylotyrans Minutolestes Pelicopsis Peraspalax Phascolestes Portopinheirodon
Type: Dryolestes
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (4 collections), Bolivia (1), France (2), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (4), United States (3: South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Morocco (4)
• Jurassic of Portugal (4), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (16: Colorado, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 41 collections including 99 occurrences