Dryolestes

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Dryolestes is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic mammal from the Morrison Formation and the Alcobaça Formation of Portugal. The type species Dryolestes priscus is present in stratigraphic zones 2, 5, and 6.[1][2]

Dryolestidae
Kurtodontinae
Dryolestinae

Amblotherium

Laolestes

Krebsotherium

Guimarotodus

Dryolestes priscus

Dryolestes leiriensis

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Dryolestida
Family:Dryolestidae
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Dryolestes
Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
Kimmeridgian–Tithonian
Dryolestes priscus lower jaw
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Dryolestida
Family: Dryolestidae
Subfamily: Dryolestinae
Genus: Dryolestes
Marsh, 1878
Species
  • Dryolestes priscus
    Marsh, 1878 (type)
  • Dryolestes leiriensis
    Martin, 1999
Synonyms
  • Herpetairus Marsh, 1879
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