Pantolesta

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Mammalia

Grandorder:Ferungulata

Mirorder:Ferae (?)

Pantolesta Temporal range: 63.8–29.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N early Paleocene to middle Oligocene
restoration of Palaeosinopa didelphoides
fossil of Kopidodon macrognathus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Grandorder:	Ferungulata
Mirorder:	Ferae (?)
Order:	†Pantolesta McKenna, 1975[1]
Families
†Pantolestidae (paraphyletic family) †Paroxyclaenidae †Pentacodontidae

Pantolesta ("all robbers") is an extinct order of placental mammals that lived in North America, Asia and Europe from the early Paleocene to middle Oligocene.^[2][3] They are recognized as close relatives of clade Pholidotamorpha (pangolins and palaeanodonts), based on their dental and postcranial similarities, and semi-fossorial adaptations.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9]}