Yantanglestes

Yantanglestes
Temporal range: Early-Middle Paleocene (Shanghuan to Nongshanian) 63–59.2 Ma
Yantanglestes conexus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Mesonychia
Family: †Mesonychidae
Genus: †Yantanglestes
Ideker and Yan, 1980
Type species
†Lestes conexus
Species
  • Y. conexus (Yan & Tang 1976)
  • Y. datangensis (Yan & Tang 1976)
  • Y. feiganensis (Chow et al 1973)
  • Y. rotundus (Wang 1975)
Synonyms
  • Dissacus feiganensis Chow et al 1973
  • Dissacus rotundus Wang 1975
  • Lestes Yan & Tang 1976
  • Notodissacus conexus Yan & Tang 1978

Yantanglestes is a genus of small, Chinese mesonychid with slender jaws that first appeared during the Early Paleocene. It was found throughout Asia. It is the oldest known mesonychid. Yantanglestes became extinct during the Nongshanian division of the Middle Paleocene, and lived sympatrically with its descendant genera, including Dissacus, Sinonyx and Jiangxia.

References

  1. ↑ Joe Ideker and Yan De-fa. Vertebrata PalAsiatica, Vol. 18, 1980 "Lestes (Mammalia) a Junior homonym of Lestes (Zygoptera). Pages 138-141" paper
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  3. ↑ Wang, Y-Q; Qian, Li; Bai, Bin; Jin, Xun; Fangyuan, Mao; Meng, Jin (2018). "Paleogene integrative stratigraphy and timescale of China". Science China Earth Sciences. 62 (1): 287–309. doi:10.1007/s11430-018-9305-y.