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 Malthacolestes according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Kraus 1979, Prothero 1981, Simpson 1927 and Simpson 1929

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: YPM 13751, a maxilla (part of right maxilla with M1-2). 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: found only at Quarry 9, Como Bluff (YPM)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.