Phascolestes

Phascolestes is a genus of extinct mammal from the Berriasian epoch of Early Cretaceous southern England. The type and only species is Phascolestes mustelulus, which was named by Richard Owen in 1871 for dental material from the Lulworth Formation.[1] Phascolestes is a close relative of co-existing taxon Achyrodon within the subfamily Kurtodontinae of the family Dryolestidae, with Kurtodon being a junior synonym of Phascolestes although the subfamily name is still applicable.[2]

Dryolestidae	Dryolestinae   Amblotherium       Laolestes     Krebsotherium       Dryolestes     Guimarotodus         Kurtodontinae   Crusafontia       Achyrodon     Phascolestes

Phascolestes Temporal range: Berriasian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Dryolestida
Family:	†Dryolestidae
Subfamily:	†Kurtodontinae
Genus:	†Phascolestes Owen, 1871[1]
Species:	†P. mustelulus
Binomial name
†Phascolestes mustelulus Owen, 1871[1]
Synonyms[2]
Peraspalax talpoides Owen, 1871 Kurtodon pusillus Osborn, 1888

References

1. Owen, R. (1871). "Monograph of the Fossil Mammalia of the Mesozoic Formations". The Palaeontographical Society: 1–115.
2. Averianov, A.O.; Martin, T.; Lopatin, A.V. (2013). "A new phylogeny for basal Trechnotheria and Cladotheria and affinities of South American endemic Late Cretaceous mammals". Naturwissenschaften. 100: 311–326. doi:10.1007/s00114-013-1028-3.