Leptalestes
Extinct genus of mammals in the infraclass Metatheria
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Leptalestes is an extinct genus of mammals in the infraclass Metatheria. It was described by B.M. Davis in 2007. A new species, L. toevsi, was described from the late Cretaceous period of the United States by John P. Hunter, Ronald E. Heinrich, and David B. Weishampel in 2010.[1]
| Leptalestes | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Family: | †Pediomyidae |
| Genus: | †Leptalestes Davis, 2007 |
Species
- Leptalestes cooki (Clemens 1966)
- Leptalestes prokrejcii (Fox 1979)
- Leptalestes celodejiventris (Larson 1980)
- Leptalestes krejcii (Clemens 1966)
- Leptalestes toevsi Hunter et al. 2010