Dryolestidae

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Dryolestidae
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic–Early Cretaceous
Lower jaw of namesake species
Dryolestes priscus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Dryolestida
Family: Dryolestidae
Marsh, 1879
Genera[1]

Dryolestidae is an extinct family of Mesozoic mammals, known from the Middle

dentary.[1]

Cladogram

Dryolestida

Vincelestes

Euthlastus

Paurodon

Tathiodon

Groebertherium

Dryolestidae
Kurtodontinae

Crusafontia

Achyrodon

Phascolestes (incl Kurtodon, Peraspalax)

Dryolestinae

Amblotherium gracile

Amblotherium pusillum

Krebsotherium

Laolestes

Dryolestes priscus

Dryolestes leiriensis

Guimarotodus

References

  • Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, Richard L. Cifelli, and Zhe-Xi Luo, Mammals from the Age of Dinosaurs: Origins, Evolution, and Structure (New York: Columbia University Press, 2004), 380–382.