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Dryolestes tenax

Osteichthyes - Dryolestidae

Taxonomy
Dryolestes tenax was named by Marsh (1889). Its type specimen is YPM 10698, a mandible (mandible lacking teeth), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was considered a nomen nudum by Simpson (1929).

Entered
by M. Carrano on 2003-09-03; modified by R. Benson on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Dryolestes tenax Marsh
1902Dryolestes tenax Hay p. 569
1930Dryolestes tenax Hay p. 373

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Dryolestoidea(Butler 1939)
familyDryolestidaeMarsh 1879
genusDryolestes
speciestenax

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Dryolestes tenax Marsh 1889
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Diagnosis
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