Mammalia - Theriiformes - Dryolestidae

Alternative combination: Melanodon hodsoni

Full reference: W. A. Clemens and P. M. Lees. 1971. A review of English Early Cretaceous mammals. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 50(suppl. 1):117-130

Belongs to Laolestes according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Laolestes andresi, Laolestes eminens, Laolestes goodrichi, Laolestes oweni

Type specimen: University College, London W-14, a tooth (right upper molar). Its type locality is Tighe Farm, which is in a Valanginian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal conglomerate in the Wadhurst Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore