Kennalestes
Kennalestes is an extinct genus of insectivorous mammal resembling a shrew that was described in 1968.[1] The type species is K. gobiensis and it was a common mammal in Mongolia during the Cretaceous period, found in both the Bayan Mandahu Formation and Djadochta Formation. It was found in Mongolia during the Campanian, so it may have fallen victim to such predators as Velociraptor, Oviraptor and Archaeornithoides.
| Kennalestes Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Kennalestes gobiensis fossils | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Order: | |
| Superfamily: | †Leptictidoidea |
| Genus: | †Kennalestes Kielan-Jaworowska, 1968 |
| Binomial name | |
| †Kennalestes gobiensis Kielan-Jaworowska, 1968 | |
References
- Z. Kielan-Jaworowska. 1968. New Upper Cretaceous multituberculate genera from Bayn Dzak, Gobi Desert. Palaeontologia Polonica
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
.png.webp){kind=small}
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.