Pantolestidae

Pantolestidae
Temporal range: early Paleocene to middle Oligocene
reconstruction of Palaeosinopa didelphoides
part of lower jaw of Paleotomus senior
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Mirorder: Ferae (?)
Order: †Pantolesta
Family: †Pantolestidae
Cope, 1884
Type genus
†Pantolestes
Cope, 1872
Genera
[see classification]
Synonyms
synonyms of family:
  • Pantolestida (Haeckel, 1895)
  • Pantolestoidea (Cope, 1887)
synonyms of subfamily:
  • Dyspterninae:
    • Dyspternidae (Kretzoi, 1943)
    • Kochictidae (Kretzoi, 1943)
    • Kochictinae (Russell & Godinot, 1988)
  • Pantolestinae:
    • Pantolestidae (Cope, 1884)

Pantolestidae ("all robbers") is a paraphyletic family of placental mammals from extinct order Pantolesta, that lived in North America, Asia and Europe from the early Paleocene to middle Oligocene. They first appear in North America, whence they spread to Europe and Asia.

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