Dryolestes Temporal range: Late Jurassic |
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Dryolestes priscus lower jaw | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Subclass: | Theria |
Order: | Dryolestida |
Family: | Dryolestidae |
Genus: |
Dryolestes Marsh, 1878 |
Dryolestes is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic mammal from the Morrison Formation. Present in stratigraphic zones 2, 5, and 6.
Australosphenida (monotremes and extinct relatives)
Dryolestes
Metatheria (marsupials and extinct relatives)
Eutheria (placental mammals)