Mistralestes
Extinct genus of zhelestid eutherian
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Mistralestes is an extinct monotypic genus of zhelestid mammal that lived on the Ibero-Armorican Island during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous epoch.[1]
| Mistralestes Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Family: | †Zhelestidae |
| Genus: | †Mistralestes |
| Species: | †M. arcensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Mistralestes arcensis Tabuce et al., 2013 | |
Description
The type species, Mistralestes arcensis, is distinguished by its compression of the trigonid from M1 to M3, a transversely oriented protocristid, and a robust and premolariform P5 lacking a cingulid, metaconid, and paraconid.[2]
