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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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.