Mammalia - Dryolestoidea - Dryolestidae
Invalid subtaxa: Achyrodon Owen 1871, Athrodon Osborn 1887 [replaced name], Kurtodon Osborn 1887, Laodon Marsh 1887, Stylacodon Marsh 1879, Stylodon Owen 1866 [replaced name]
Full reference: R. Owen. 1871. Monograph of the fossil Mammalia of the Mesozoic formations. 24(110):vi-115
Parent taxon: Dryolestidae according to G. W. Rougier et al. 2011
See also Engelmann and Callison 1998, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kraus 1979, Lydekker 1894, Marsh 1879, Marsh 1880, Marsh 1887, McKenna and Bell 1997, Osborn 1887, Owen 1871, Prothero 1981, Simpson 1927, Simpson 1928, Simpson 1929 and Trouessart 1898
Sister taxa: Anthracolestes, Beckumia, Comotherium, Dryolestes, Euthlastus, Groebertherium, Guimarotodus, Henkelotherium, Herpetairus, Herpetarius, Kepolestes, Krebsotherium, Lakotalestes, Laolestes, Malthacolestes, Melanodon, Miccylotyrans, Minutolestes, Pelicopsis, Peraspalax, Phascolestes, Portopinheirodon
Subtaxa: Amblotherium debilis Amblotherium gracilis Amblotherium megistodon Amblotherium nanum Amblotherium pusillum Amblotherium soricinum
Type: Amblotherium soricinum
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
• Jurassic of United States (7: Colorado, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 9 collections including 20 occurrences
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