Gallolestes pachymandibularis Lillegraven 1976 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Zhelestidae

Full reference: J. A. Lillegraven. 1976. A new genus of therian mammal from the Late Cretaceous "El Gallo Formation," Baja California, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 50(3):437-443

Belongs to Gallolestes according to J. D. Archibald and A. Averianov 2012

See also Clemens 1980, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 1979, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004 and Lillegraven 1976

Sister taxon: Gallolestes agujaensis

Type specimen: LACM 42633, a mandible. Its type locality is El Rosario, which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the El Gallo Formation of Mexico.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at El Rosario

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