Dracontolestes
Dracontolestes are 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]
| Dracontolestes Temporal range: 63.3 to 61.7 Ma | |
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| Genus: | Gazin, 1941 |
Description
The only species in the genus has been described as a scansorial insectivore. [2]
Species
There is only one known species in the genus:
- Dracontolestes aphantus
References
1.http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=45916
2. https://www.si.edu/object/nmnhpaleobiology_3448450
- "Fossilworks: Dracontolestes". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
- "Fossilworks: Dracontolestes". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
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