Laolestes
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Laolestes Temporal range: Tithonian-Valanginian,
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Jaws and teeth of Laolestes seen from different angles | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Dryolestida |
Family: | †Dryolestidae |
Genus: | †Laolestes Simpson, 1927 |
Type species | |
†Laolestes eminens Simpson, 1927
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Other species | |
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Laolestes is an extinct genus of dryolestid mammal. Fossil remains are known from the Morrison Formation, in stratigraphic zones 5 and 6.,[1] the Late Jurassic of Portugal, and Early Cretaceous Wadhurst Clay of the United Kingdom.
See also
References
- ^ Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329.
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