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Laolestes
Taxonomy
Laolestes was named by Simpson (1927). It is not extant. Its type is Laolestes eminens.
It was assigned to Dryolestidae by Simpson (1927), Simpson (1929), Hay (1930), Kraus (1979), Prothero (1981), McKenna and Bell (1997), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Rougier et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Dryolestidae by Simpson (1927), Simpson (1929), Hay (1930), Kraus (1979), Prothero (1981), McKenna and Bell (1997), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Rougier et al. (2011).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1927 | Laolestes Simpson pp. 411-412 |
| 1929 | Laolestes Simpson p. 47 |
| 1930 | Laolestes Hay p. 374 |
| 1979 | Laolestes Kraus p. 164 |
| 1981 | Laolestes Prothero pp. 295-296 |
| 1997 | Laolestes McKenna and Bell |
| 2004 | Laolestes Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 380, 385 fig. 10.7C |
| 2011 | Laolestes Rougier et al. p. S15 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Laolestes Simpson 1927
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†Laolestes andresi Martin 1999
†Laolestes eminens Simpson 1927
†Laolestes goodrichi Simpson 1929
†Laolestes hodsoni Clemens and Lees 1971
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Luo et al. 2003, Hopson 1973 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Valanginian or 152.21000 to 132.60000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | USA (Wyoming) | L. eminens (39431) L. sp., L. eminens, Melanodon goodrichi (12816) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Portugal (Centro) | L. andresi (69708) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | USA (Wyoming) | L. sp. (56654) | |
| Tithonian | USA (Wyoming) | L. eminens (39427) L. eminens, Melanodon goodrichi (39426) | |
| Early/Lower Valanginian | United Kingdom (England) | Melanodon goodrichi (102993) Melanodon hodsoni (117934) |