Dryolestes leirensis Martin 1999 (mammal)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Dryolestidae

Full reference: T. Martin. 1999. Dryolestidae (Dryolestida, Mammalia) aus dem Oberen Jura von Portugal. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 550:1-119

Belongs to Dryolestes according to T. Martin 1999

See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Dryolestes priscus, Dryolestes tenax, Dryolestes vorax

Type specimen: Gui Mam 130/74, a mandible (left mandible with C, P1-4, M1-8). Its type locality is Guimarota, which is in a Kimmeridgian lagoonal coal in the AlcobaƧa Formation of Portugal.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Guimarota

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