Yantanglestes Ideker and Yan 1980 (condylarth)

Mammalia - Acreodi - Mesonychidae

Synonym: Lestes Yan and Tang 1976 [replaced name]

Full reference: J. Ideker and D. Yan. 1980. Lestes (Mammalia) a junior homonym of Lestes (Zygoptera). Vertebrata PalAsiatica 18(2):138-141

Parent taxon: Mesonychinae according to D. Yan and Y. Tang 1976

See also Carroll 1988, Gingerich 1998, Ideker and Yan 1980, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Zhou et al. 1995

Sister taxa: Ankalagon, Guilestes, Hukoutherium, Mesonyx, Mongolestes, Mongolonyx

Subtaxa: Lestes feiganensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of China (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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