Dryolestes
Dryolestes Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
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Dryolestes priscus lower jaw | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Dryolestida |
Family: | †Dryolestidae |
Subfamily: | † Dryolestinae
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Genus: | †Dryolestes Marsh, 1878 |
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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]
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See also
- Prehistoric mammal
- Paleobiota of the Morrison Formation
References
Further reading
- Foster, J. (2007). Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. 389pp.