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Dryolestes leirensis

Mammalia - Dryolestidae

Taxonomy
Dryolestes leirensis was named by Martin (1999). Its type specimen is Gui Mam 130/74, a mandible (left mandible with C, P1-4, M1-8), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Guimarota, which is in a Kimmeridgian lagoonal coal in the Alcobaça Formation of Portugal.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Dryolestes leirensis Martin p. 11 figs. figs 8, 10, plates 2-4
2004Dryolestes leirensis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 380, 382

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
superorderDryolestoidea(Butler 1939)
familyDryolestidaeMarsh 1879
genusDryolestes
speciesleirensis

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 leirensis Martin 1999
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Diagnosis
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