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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Dermoptera
Family:
Mixodectidae
Genus:
Dracontolestes

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
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References

1.http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=45916

2. https://www.si.edu/object/nmnhpaleobiology_3448450

  1. "Fossilworks: Dracontolestes". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
  2. "Fossilworks: Dracontolestes". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2020-02-01.
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