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Laolestes eminens

Mammalia - Dryolestidae

Taxonomy
Laolestes eminens was named by Simpson (1927). Its type specimen is YPM 13719, a mandible (left mandible with I3-4, C, P1-3 and M1-8), and it is a 3D body fossil. 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. It is the type species of Laolestes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Laolestes eminens Simpson pp. 411-412
1929Laolestes eminens Simpson p. 61
1930Laolestes eminens Hay p. 374
1979Laolestes eminens Kraus p. 164
1981Laolestes eminens Prothero pp. 295-296
2004Laolestes eminens Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 380, 385

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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
specieseminens

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 eminens Simpson 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Luo et al. 2003

Age range: Tithonian or 149.20000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1USA (Wyoming) Laolestes eminens (type locality: 12816 39431)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1USA (Wyoming) Laolestes eminens (39426 39427)