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Laolestes andresi

Mammalia - Dryolestidae

Taxonomy
Laolestes andresi was named by Martin (1999). Its type specimen is PP Mam 124/67, a tooth (left upper molar), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Porto Pinheiro, Lourinha, which is in a Kimmeridgian estuary/bay marl/mudstone in the Lourinhã Formation of Portugal.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Laolestes andresi Martin
1999Laolestes andresi Martin p. 51 figs. fig. 28 & pl. 10A
2004Laolestes andresi Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 380, 385

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
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
genusLaolestesSimpson 1927
speciesandresi

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.

Laolestes andresi Martin 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Luo et al. 2003

Age range: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal (Centro) Laolestes andresi (type locality: 69708)