Dracontolestes

Dracontolestes Temporal range: 63.3 to 61.7 Ma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Dermoptera
Family:	†Mixodectidae
Genus:	†Dracontolestes Gazin, 1941
Species:	†D. aphantus
Binomial name
†Dracontolestes aphantus Gazin, 1941

Dracontolestes is 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][2]

Species

There is only one known species in the genus, Dracontolestes aphantus.

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Euarchontoglires

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Chordata
• Class: Mammalia
• Subclass: Theria
• Infraclass: Placentalia

Euarchontoglires
†Apatemyidae? Aethomylos Apatemys Asiapator Carcinella Frugivastodon Heterohyus Jepsenella Labidolemur Sinclairella Unuchinia †Picrodontidae? Draconodus Picrodus Zanycteris Gliriformes †Apatemyidae? †Picrodontidae? †Zalambdalestidae? †Anagalidae Anagale Anagalopsis Anaptogale Chianshania Diacronus Eosigale Hsiuannania Huaiyangale Interogale Linnania Qipania Stenanagale Wanogale Zofiagale †Arctostylopidae? Allostylops Anatolostylops Arctostylops Asiostylops Bothriostylops Enantiostylops Kazachostylops Migrostylops Palaeostylops Sinostylops Stenostylops Wanostylops †Astigalidae Astigale Yupingale Zhujegale †Pseudictopidae Allictops Anictops Cartictops Haltictops Paranictops Pseudictops Suyinia Glires Duplicidentata Simplicidentata Euarchonta Scandentia Ptilocercus Tupaiidae Anathana Dendrogale †Palaeotupaia †Prodendrogale †Sivatupaia Tupaia Primatomorpha Dermoptera †Mixodectidae? Dracontolestes Eudaemonema Mixodectes †Plagiomenidae? Ellesmene Plagiomene Planetetherium Worlandia Cynocephalidae Cynocephalus †Dermotherium Galeopterus Pan-Primates see below↓

Pan-Primates
Pan-Primates †Asioplesiadapis †Pandemonium †Russellodon †Picrodontidae? †Purgatoriidae? Purgatorius Ursolestes †Micromomyidae Chalicomomys Dryomomys Foxomomys Micromomys Tinimomys †Picromomyidae Alveojunctus Picromomys †Microsyopidae Arctodontomys Bartelsia Berruvius Choctawius Craseops Megadelphus Microsyops Nanomomys Navajovius Niptomomys Uintasorex †Toliapinidae Avenius Toliapina †Paromomyoidea Paromomyidae Acidomomys Arcius Edworthia Elwynella Ignacius Paromomys Phenacolemur Palaechthonidae Anasazia Palaechthon Palenochtha Phoxomylus Plesiolestes Premnoides Talpohenach Torrejonia †Plesiadapoidea Chronolestes Plesiadapidae Chiromyoides Nannodectes Platychoerops Plesiadapis Pronothodectes Carpolestidae Carpocristes Carpodaptes Carpolestes Carpomegodon Elphidotarsius Saxonella Subengius Crown-Primates Strepsirrhini see Strepsirrhini Haplorhini see Haplorhini

• See also: Anagaloidea
• Plesiadapiformes
• Category