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NANOLESTES
(nah-no-les-teez)
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 |
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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.

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