Dryolestidae Marsh, 1879b
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https://doi.org/ 10.4202/app.2012.0089 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CC87CF-FFB1-FFC3-FF0A-351FFAE7A020 |
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Felipe |
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Dryolestidae Marsh, 1879b |
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Family Dryolestidae Marsh, 1879b
Remarks.—We follow the synonymies recognized by Martin (1999) but retain usage of separate names in cases where synonyms were suggested but not formally proposed (see below).
Genus Lakotalestes nov.
Type species: Lakotalestes luoi sp. nov., monotypic; see below. Etymology: Named for the Lakota Formation, from whence the holotype and only known specimen of the type species was collected; and the Greek lestes, robber or plunderer, a commonly-used suffix for genera of small, presumably faunivorous mammals.
Diagnosis.—As for the type and only species.
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