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Taxon: Family †Dryolestidae Marsh, 1879 (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Dryolestida

Subsequent positions

†Dryolestida (Order) Prothero, 1981

Original entries

Questionably †Comotherium (Genus) Prothero, 1981
Questionably †Crusafontia (Genus) Henkel & Krebs, 1969
Questionably †Groebertherium (Genus) Bonaparte, 1986
Questionably †Kurtodon (Genus) Osborn, 1887
Questionably †Laolestes (Genus) Simpson, 1927
Questionably †Leonardus (Genus) Bonaparte, 1990
Questionably †Melanodon (Genus) Simpson, 1927
Questionably †Miccylotyrans (Genus) Simpson, 1927

Subsequent entries

†Amblotherium (Genus) Owen, 1871
†Dryolestes (Genus) Marsh, 1878 Ref: 1879 [assumed]
†Peraspalax (Genus) Owen, 1871
†Phascolestes (Genus) Owen, 1871

Current position

†Dryolestida (Order) Prothero, 1981 Ref: Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al., 2004: table 10.2 (p. [380]); Martin et al., 2021: fig. 7.

Alternative positions

†Eupantotheria (Order) Kermack & Mussett, 1958 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 627).
†Pantotheria (Order) (Marsh, 1880) Ref: B. Gardiner et al., 1989: 303.

Historical positions

†Dryolestida (Clade) Prothero 1981 Ref: A.O. Averianov et al., 2013: 322, fig. 2.
†Dryolestida (Order) Prothero, 1981 Ref: Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al., 2004 (alt.): tables 1.1 (p. 14), 10.1 (p. 379).
†Dryolestida (Order) Prothero, 1981 Ref: Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al., 2004: table 10.2 (p. [380]).
†Dryolestida (Order) Prothero, 1981 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 46.
†Pantotheria (Order) (Marsh, 1880) Ref: B. Gardiner et al., 1989: 303.
†Eupantotheria (Order) Kermack & Mussett, 1958 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 627).

Number of Subtaxa

2026 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 †11g;17s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 24 Mar 2022 [; †11g;17s]
2004 (alt.) Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al.: table 10.1 (p. 379) [; †11g]
2004 Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al.: table 10.2 (p. [380]) [; †11g;21s]
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [; †12g]
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