Dryolestes

Dryolestes Temporal range: Late Jurassic PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

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.^[1]^[1]

	Metatheria (marsupials and extinct relatives)

	Eutheria (placental mammals)

References

1 2 Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329.

Foster, J. (2007). Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. 389pp.

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