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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) and 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) and 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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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