Dracontolestes
| Dracontolestes Temporal range: 63.3 to 61.7 Ma
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Chordata
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| Class: | Mammalia
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| Order: | Dermoptera
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| Genus: | Dracontolestes Gazin, 1941
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Dracontolestes is a genus of extinct insectivorous mammals in the family Mixodectidae. It is known only from a fragment of fossilized mandible found in Dragon Canyon, Utah.[1][2]
Species[]
There is only one known species in the genus, Dracontolestes aphantus.
References[]
- ^ "Fossilworks: Dracontolestes". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Dracontolestes aphantus Gazin, 1941". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
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Categories:
- Prehistoric mammals of North America
- Prehistoric placental genera
- Colugos