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
gollark: Are people available then or did I pick a terrible time again?
gollark: 93lZZ (in 4 hours)ToD 15:55:20 (it might be a bit earlier, accurately checking is hard)Unfogging at 15:50:20ARing at 15:52:50 (2mins30 before ToD)If you are a silly 12-hour person, that's 3:50pm and onwards.This is all cave time.
gollark: What raffle?
gollark: That was anticlimactic.
gollark: I have another up in 2 days (non-siyat).
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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