Leptalestes
Extinct genus of mammals in the infraclass Metatheria
| Leptalestes | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Subclass: | Theria |
| Infraclass: | Metatheria |
| Genus: | Leptalestes Davis, 2007 |
Leptalestes is an extinct genus of mammals in the infraclass Metatheria. It was described by B.M. Davis in 2007. A new species, L. toevsi, was described from the late Cretaceous period of the United States by John P. Hunter, Ronald E. Heinrich, and David B. Weishampel in 2010.[1]
Species
- Leptalestes cooki (Clemens 1966)
- Leptalestes prokrejcii (Fox 1979)
- Leptalestes krejcii (Clemens 1966)
- Leptalestes toevsi Hunter et al. 2010
References
- ^ Hunter, John P.; Heinrich, Ronald E.; Weishampel, David B. (2010). "Mammals from the St. Mary River Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Montana". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (3): 885–898. doi:10.1080/02724631003763490.
External links
- Leptalestes at the Paleobiology Database
