Dracontolestes Gazin 1941 (placental)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Mixodectidae

Full reference: C. L. Gazin. 1941. The mammalian faunas of the Paleocene of central Utah, with notes on the geology. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 91(3121):1-53

Parent taxon: Mixodectidae according to G. F. Gunnell 1989

See also Gazin 1941, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Van Valen 1967

Sister taxa: Eudaemonema, Mixodectes, Prosinopa

Subtaxa: Dracontolestes aphantus

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Type: Dracontolestes aphantus

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Dragon Canyon (Paleocene of Utah)

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