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Dryolestidae
Mammalia - Dryolestidae
Taxonomy
Dryolestidae was named by Marsh (1879). It is not extant. Its type is Dryolestes.
It was assigned to Mammalia by Marsh (1887); to Polyprotodontia by Hay (1902); to Pantotheria by Simpson (1928) and Simpson (1929); to Dryolestoidea by Lillegraven and McKenna (1986); to Eupantotheria by Clemens (1963), Clemens and Lees (1971), Kraus (1979) and Carroll (1988); to Dryolestoidea by Prothero (1981), Bonaparte (1986) and Engelmann and Callison (1998); to Dryolestida by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004); and to Dryolestoidea by Rougier et al. (2011) and Cifelli et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Mammalia by Marsh (1887); to Polyprotodontia by Hay (1902); to Pantotheria by Simpson (1928) and Simpson (1929); to Dryolestoidea by Lillegraven and McKenna (1986); to Eupantotheria by Clemens (1963), Clemens and Lees (1971), Kraus (1979) and Carroll (1988); to Dryolestoidea by Prothero (1981), Bonaparte (1986) and Engelmann and Callison (1998); to Dryolestida by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004); and to Dryolestoidea by Rougier et al. (2011) and Cifelli et al. (2014).
Subtaxa
Amblotherium (syn. Kepolestes, Stylodon, Kurtodon, Athrodon, Achyrodon, Stylacodon, Laodon), Anthracolestes, Comotherium, Dryolestes (syn. Asthenodon, Miccylotyrans) (type genus), Dryolestes obtusus, Groebertherium, Guimarotodus, Henkelotherium, Herpetairus, Herpetarius, Krebsotherium, Lakotalestes, Laolestes (syn. Melanodon, Malthacolestes), Peraspalax, Phascolestes, Portopinheirodon
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1879 | Dryolestidae Marsh |
| 1880 | Dryolestes obtusus Marsh p. 237 |
| 1887 | Dryolestidae Marsh p. 334 |
| 1887 | Dryolestes obtusus Marsh p. 343 |
| 1902 | Dryolestes obtusus Hay p. 569 |
| 1902 | Dryolestidae Hay p. 569 |
| 1928 | Dryolestidae Simpson p. 127 |
| 1929 | Dryolestidae Simpson p. 47 |
| 1963 | Dryolestidae Clemens p. 62 |
| 1971 | Dryolestidae Clemens and Lees pp. 126-128 |
| 1979 | Dryolestidae Kraus p. 164 |
| 1981 | Dryolestidae Prothero p. 286 |
| 1986 | Dryolestidae Bonaparte p. 51 |
| 1986 | Dryolestidae Lillegraven and McKenna p. 25 |
| 1988 | Dryolestidae Carroll |
| 1998 | Dryolestidae Engelmann and Callison p. 368 |
| 2004 | Dryolestidae Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 380-382 |
| 2011 | Dryolestidae Rougier et al. p. S15 |
| 2014 | Dryolestidae Cifelli et al. |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available