Spinolestes

Spinolestes
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Eutriconodonta (?)
Family: †Gobiconodontidae
Genus: †Spinolestes
Martin et al., 2015
Species:
†S. xenarthrosus
Binomial name
†Spinolestes xenarthrosus
Martin et al., 2015

Spinolestes is an extinct mammal genus from the Early Cretaceous of Spain. A gobiconodontid eutriconodont, it is notable for the remarkable degree of preservation, offering profound insights to the biology of non-therian mammals.

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