Nanolestes
Name:
Nanolestes.
Phonetic: Nah-no-les-teez.
Named By: T. Martin - 2002.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia,
Amphitheriidae.
Species: N. drescherae
(type), N. krusati, N. mackennai.
Diet: Insectivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: China - Qigu Formation.
Portugal -Alcoba�a Formation.
Time period: Oxfordian to Kimmeridgian of the
Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Nanolestes is a genus of amphitheriid mammal that lived during the Jurassic.
Further reading
- New stem-lineage representatives of Zatheria (Mammalia) from
the Late Jurassic of Portugal. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
22(2):332-348. - T. Martin - 2002.
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