Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Dryolestidae
Alternative combination: Dryolestes arcuatus
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1879. Notice of new Jurassic mammals. American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 18(107):396-398
Belongs to Herpetairus according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Engelmann and Callison 1998, Hay 1902, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kraus 1979, Marsh 1879, Marsh 1887, Prothero 1981, Simpson 1927 and Simpson 1929
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: YPM 11822, a maxilla (right maxilla with M2-7 much worn). Its type locality is Quarry 9, Como Bluff (YPM), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian fluvial-lacustrine mudstone/sandstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming.
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (2: Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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