Laolestes
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| Laolestes Temporal range: Tithonian-Valanginian, | |
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| Jaws and teeth of Laolestes seen from different angles | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Dryolestida |
| Family: | †Dryolestidae |
| Genus: | †Laolestes Simpson, 1927 |
| Type species | |
| †Laolestes eminens Simpson, 1927 | |
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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
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References
[edit]- ↑ 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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