Named By: | T. Martin in 2002 |
Time Period: | Jurassic |
Location: | China - Qigu Formation. Portugal -Alcobaca Formation |
Size: | Unavailable |
Diet: | Insectivore |
Fossil(s): | Partial remains |
Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Amphitheriidae | |
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.