Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Dryolestidae
Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1927. Mesozoic Mammalia. VI. Genera of Morrison pantotheres. American Journal of Science 13:409-416
Belongs to Laolestes according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kraus 1979, Prothero 1981, Simpson 1927 and Simpson 1929
Sister taxa: Laolestes andresi, Laolestes goodrichi, Laolestes hodsoni
Type specimen: YPM 13719, a mandible (left mandible with I3-4, C, P1-3 and M1-8). 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.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of United States (4: Wyoming collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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