Nanolestes

Nanolestes
Temporal range: Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
(unranked): Cladotheria
Family: Amphitheriidae
Genus: Nanolestes
Martin, 2002

Nanolestes is an extinct genus of mammals in the order Amphitheriida. A new species, N. mackennai, was described from the Oxfordian period of China by Thomas Martin, Alexander O. Averianov and Hans-Ulrich Pfretzschner in 2010.[1]

References

  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)
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