Dryolestidae

Dryolestidae was a widespread family of Mesozoic mammals. The clade is not based on a phylogenetic definition, but instead on the possession of unequal roots for the molars of the lower jaw. Additionally, the clade is distinguished by hypsodonty in lower molars, and uneven labio-lingual height for the alveolar borders of the dentary.[1]

Dryolestida

Vincelestes

Euthlastus

Paurodon

Drescheratherium

Henkelotherium

Tathiodon

Groebertherium

Dryolestidae
Kurtodontinae

Crusafontia

Achyrodon

Phascolestes (incl Kurtodon, Peraspalax)

Dryolestinae

Amblotherium gracile

Amblotherium pusillum

Krebsotherium

Laolestes

Dryolestes priscus

Dryolestes leiriensis

Guimarotodus

Dryolestidae
Lower jaw of namesake species Dryolestes priscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Dryolestida
Family: Dryolestidae
Marsh, 1879
Genera[1]

References

  1. Averianov, A.O.; Martin, T.; Lopatin, A.V. (2013). "A new phylogeny for basal Trechnotheria and Cladotheria and affinities of South American endemic Late Cretaceous mammals". Naturwissenschaften. 100: 311–326. doi:10.1007/s00114-013-1028-3.
  • 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.


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