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Dryolestidae
Taxonomy
Dryolestidae was named by Marsh (1879). It is not extant. Its type is Dryolestes.
It was assigned to Mammalia by Marsh (1887); to Polyprotodontia by Hay (1902); to Pantotheria by Simpson (1928), Simpson (1929) and Hay (1930); to Dryolestoidea by Lillegraven and McKenna (1986); to Eupantotheria by Clemens (1963), Clemens and Lees (1971), Kraus (1979) and Carroll (1988); to Dryolestoidea by Prothero (1981), Bonaparte (1986) and Engelmann and Callison (1998); to Dryolestida by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004); and to Dryolestoidea by Rougier et al. (2011) and Cifelli et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Mammalia by Marsh (1887); to Polyprotodontia by Hay (1902); to Pantotheria by Simpson (1928), Simpson (1929) and Hay (1930); to Dryolestoidea by Lillegraven and McKenna (1986); to Eupantotheria by Clemens (1963), Clemens and Lees (1971), Kraus (1979) and Carroll (1988); to Dryolestoidea by Prothero (1981), Bonaparte (1986) and Engelmann and Callison (1998); to Dryolestida by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004); and to Dryolestoidea by Rougier et al. (2011) and Cifelli et al. (2014).
Subtaxa
Amblotherium (syn. Achyrodon, Kurtodon, Athrodon, Stylodon, Stylacodon, Laodon), Anthracolestes, Beckumia, Comotherium, Dryolestes (syn. Asthenodon) (type genus), Euthlastus, Groebertherium, Guimarotodus, Henkelotherium, Herpetairus, Herpetarius, Kepolestes, Krebsotherium, Lakotalestes, Laolestes, Malthacolestes, Melanodon, Miccylotyrans, Minutolestes, Pelicopsis, Peraspalax, Phascolestes, Portopinheirodon
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1879 | Dryolestidae Marsh |
1887 | Dryolestidae Marsh p. 334 |
1902 | Dryolestidae Hay p. 569 |
1928 | Dryolestidae Simpson p. 127 |
1929 | Dryolestidae Simpson p. 47 |
1930 | Dryolestidae Hay p. 372 |
1963 | Dryolestidae Clemens p. 62 |
1971 | Dryolestidae Clemens and Lees pp. 126-128 |
1979 | Dryolestidae Kraus p. 164 |
1981 | Dryolestidae Prothero p. 286 |
1986 | Dryolestidae Bonaparte p. 51 |
1986 | Dryolestidae Lillegraven and McKenna p. 25 |
1988 | Dryolestidae Carroll |
1998 | Dryolestidae Engelmann and Callison p. 368 |
2004 | Dryolestidae Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 380-382 |
2011 | Dryolestidae Rougier et al. p. S15 |
2014 | Dryolestidae Cifelli et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. †Dryolestidae Marsh 1879
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G. †Amblotherium Owen 1871
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†Amblotherium megistodon Foster et al. 2020
†Amblotherium nanum Owen 1871
†Amblotherium pusillum Owen 1866
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Invalid names: Achyrodon pusillus Owen 1871 [synonym], Stylodon robustus Owen 1866 [synonym]
†Amblotherium soricinum Owen 1871
Invalid names: Achyrodon Owen 1871 [synonym], Kurtodon Osborn 1887 [synonym], Laodon Marsh 1887 [synonym], Stylacodon Marsh 1879 [synonym], Stylodon Owen 1866 [replaced]
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]
G. †Groebertherium Bonaparte 1986
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†Groebertherium novasi Bonaparte 1986
†Groebertherium stipanicici Bonaparte 1986
G. †Herpetarius Simpson 1927
G. †Laolestes Simpson 1927
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†Laolestes andresi Martin 1999
†Laolestes eminens Simpson 1927
†Laolestes goodrichi Simpson 1929
†Laolestes hodsoni Clemens and Lees 1971
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Luo et al. 2003 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 167.70000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (38 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Bathonian | Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) | Dryolestidae indet. (61891) | |
Late/Upper Bathonian | United Kingdom (England) | Dryolestidae indet. (39075) | |
Kimmeridgian | Portugal (Leiria) | Dryolestidae indet., Dryolestes leirensis, Guimarotodus inflatus, Krebsotherium lusitanicum, Henkelotherium guimarotae (24563) | |
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | USA (Wyoming) | Comotherium richi, Laolestes eminens, Amblotherium gracilis (39431) Dryolestes sp. (13212) Dryolestidae indet., Amblotherium megistodon (49636) Laolestes sp., Comotherium richi, Melanodon oweni, Dryolestes arcuatus, Laolestes eminens, Dryolestes priscus, Dryolestes vorax, Dryolestes gracilis, Asthenodon segnis, Stylacodon validus, Laodon venustus, Stylacodon gracilis, Malthacolestes osborni, Euthlastus cordiformis, Miccylotyrans minimus, Pelicopsis dubius, Melanodon goodrichi, Herpetairus humilis, Laolestes grandis, Dryolestes obtusus (12816) | |
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | USA (Utah) | Dryolestidae indet., Amblotherium sp., Herpetairus arcuatus, Amblotherium debilis, Dryolestes priscus, Amblotherium gracilis, Euthlastus cordiformis (53035) | |
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Portugal (Centro) | Dryolestidae indet. (49304) Laolestes andresi, Portopinheirodon asymmetricus (69708) | |
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Portugal (Lourinha) | Dryolestidae indet. (154213) | |
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian | USA (Colorado) | Kepolestes coloradensis, Dryolestes gracilis (28366) | |
Tithonian | USA (Utah) | Dryolestes sp., Euthlastus sp. (57913) | |
Tithonian | USA (Wyoming) | Amblotherium sp., Herpetarius humilis, Comotherium richi, Amblotherium debilis, Laolestes eminens, Dryolestes priscus, Melanodon goodrichi (39426) Amblotherium sp., Laolestes eminens, Dryolestoidea indet. (39427) | |
Tithonian | USA (Colorado) | Dryolestidae indet. (48161 53040) | |
Early/Lower Tithonian | USA (Utah) | Dryolestes priscus (191718) | |
Early/Lower Tithonian | USA (Colorado) | Eupantotheria indet. (71476) | |
Early/Lower Tithonian | USA (Wyoming) | Dryolestes sp., Laolestes sp. (56654) | |
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian | Morocco (Oriental) | Dryolestidae indet. (45726) | |
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian | Morocco (Figuig) | Dryolestidae indet. (204936 204979 204990) | |
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Amblotherium sp., Peraspalax sp., Phascolestes sp. (28401) | |
Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Dryolestidae indet. (61930) | |
Middle Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Dryolestidae indet., Amblotherium sp., Amblotherium soricinum, Peraspalax talpoides, Kurtodon pusillus, Amblotherium mustelula, Achyrodon nanus, Achyrodon pusillus, Stylodon pusillus, Stylodon robustus, Phascolestes longirostris (72142) | |
Berriasian | France (Poitou-Charentes) | Dryolestidae indet. (142093) | |
Late/Upper Berriasian - Late/Upper Valanginian | USA (South Dakota) | Lakotalestes luoi (135449) | |
Early/Lower Valanginian | United Kingdom (England) | Melanodon goodrichi (102993) Melanodon hodsoni (117934) | |
Late/Upper Valanginian - Early/Lower Barremian | USA (South Dakota) | Lakotalestes luoi (135450) | |
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) | Minutolestes submersus, Beckumia sinemeckelia (152548) | |
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Dryolestidae indet. (132358) | |
Judithian | USA (Wyoming) | Dryolestidae indet. (14465) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Groebertherium indet., Groebertherium stipanicici, Groebertherium novasi (45087) Groebertherium stipanicici (48999) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Bolivia (Cochabamba) | Dryolestoidea indet. 1 (12855) |