Nanolestes

Nanolestes; Temporal range: Late Jurassic PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
(unranked):	Cladotheria
Family:	Amphitheriidae
Genus:	Nanolestes; Martin, 2002
Species:	N. mackennai N. krusati N. drescherae

Nanolestes is an extinct genus of mammals in the order Amphitheriida from the Late Jurassic of Eurasia. Two species, N. krusati and N. drescherae are known from the Alcobaça Formation in Portugal. Another species, N. mackennai, was described from the Oxfordian aged Qigu Formation of China by Thomas Martin, Alexander O. Averianov and Hans-Ulrich Pfretzschner in 2010.[1]

References

Thomas Martin, Alexander O. Averianov and Hans-Ulrich Pfretzschner (2010). "Triassic–Jurassic biodiversity, ecosystems, and climate in the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, Northwest China". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 90 (3): 295–319. doi:10.1007/s12549-010-0030-4. |chapter= ignored (help)

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[1] Thomas Martin, Alexander O. Averianov and Hans-Ulrich Pfretzschner (2010). "Triassic–Jurassic biodiversity, ecosystems, and climate in the Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, Northwest China". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 90 (3): 295–319. doi:10.1007/s12549-010-0030-4. |chapter= ignored (help)