Nanolestes drescherae Martin 2002 (mammal)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Full reference: T. Martin. 2002. New stem-lineage representatives of Zatheria (Mammalia) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(2):332-348

Belongs to Nanolestes according to T. Martin et al. 2010

See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004 and Martin 2002

Sister taxa: Nanolestes krusati, Nanolestes mackennai

Type specimen: Gui Mam 1002, a tooth (right lower molar from the middle of the tooth row). Its type locality is Guimarota, which is in a Kimmeridgian lagoonal coal in the AlcobaƧa Formation of Portugal.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Guimarota

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