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Dryolestes
Taxonomy
Dryolestes was named by Marsh (1878). Its type is Dryolestes priscus. It is the type genus of Dryolestidae.
It was assigned to Pantotheria by Marsh (1880); to Cladotheria by Wang et al. (1998); and to Dryolestidae by Marsh (1887), Hay (1902), Simpson (1927), Simpson (1929), Hay (1930), Kraus (1979), Prothero (1981), McKenna and Bell (1997), Engelmann and Callison (1998), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Rougier et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Pantotheria by Marsh (1880); to Cladotheria by Wang et al. (1998); and to Dryolestidae by Marsh (1887), Hay (1902), Simpson (1927), Simpson (1929), Hay (1930), Kraus (1979), Prothero (1981), McKenna and Bell (1997), Engelmann and Callison (1998), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Rougier et al. (2011).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1878 | Dryolestes Marsh p. 459 |
| 1880 | Dryolestes Marsh p. 239 |
| 1887 | Dryolestes Marsh p. 334 |
| 1887 | Asthenodon Marsh pp. 336-337 figs. Pl. 9:6 |
| 1902 | Dryolestes Hay p. 569 |
| 1902 | Asthenodon Hay p. 570 |
| 1927 | Dryolestes Simpson p. 411 |
| 1929 | Dryolestes Simpson p. 47 |
| 1930 | Dryolestes Hay p. 372 |
| 1979 | Dryolestes Kraus p. 164 |
| 1981 | Dryolestes Prothero pp. 293-295 |
| 1997 | Dryolestes McKenna and Bell |
| 1998 | Dryolestes Engelmann and Callison p. 372 |
| 1998 | Dryolestes Wang et al. |
| 2004 | Dryolestes Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 380, 382 figs. 10.1, 10.5A |
| 2011 | Dryolestes Rougier et al. p. S15 |
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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.
G. †Dryolestes Marsh 1878
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†Dryolestes leirensis Martin 1999
†Dryolestes obtusus Marsh 1880
†Dryolestes priscus Marsh 1878
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Invalid names: Asthenodon segnis Marsh 1887 [synonym], Herpetairus humilis Simpson 1929 [synonym], Laolestes grandis Simpson 1929 [synonym], Stylacodon validus Marsh 1880 [synonym]
†Dryolestes tenax Marsh 1889
†Dryolestes vorax Marsh 1879
Invalid names: Asthenodon Marsh 1887 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 154.80000 to 145.06000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Kimmeridgian | Portugal (Leiria) | D. leirensis (24563) | |
| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | USA (Utah) | D. priscus (53035) | |
| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | USA (Wyoming) | D. priscus, D. vorax, Asthenodon segnis, Stylacodon validus, Herpetairus humilis, Laolestes grandis (12816) D. sp. (13212) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | USA (Wyoming) | D. sp. (56654) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | USA (Utah) | D. priscus (191718) | |
| Tithonian | USA (Utah) | D. sp. (57913) | |
| Tithonian | USA (Wyoming) | D. priscus (39426) Dryolestoidea indet. (39427) |