Phascolestes

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Phascolestes
Temporal range: Berriasian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

Phascolestes is a

Kurtodontinae of the family Dryolestidae, with Kurtodon being a junior synonym of Phascolestes although the subfamily name is still applicable.[2]

Dryolestidae

References

  1. ^ a b c Owen, R. (1871). "Monograph of the Fossil Mammalia of the Mesozoic Formations". The Palaeontographical Society: 1–115.
  2. ^
    S2CID 18504005
    .