Necrolestes

Necrolestes Temporal range: Early Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

N. patagonensis reconstructed as a mole-like animal
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Superorder:	†Dryolestoidea
Branch:	†Meridiolestida
Family:	†Necrolestidae Ameghino, 1891^[1]
Genus:	†Necrolestes Ameghino, 1891
Type species
Necrolestes patagonensis Ameghino, 1891
Species
†N. patagonensis Ameghino, 1891 †N. mirabilis Goin et al., 2007

Necrolestes ("Grave Robber" or "Thief of the Dead") is an extinct genus of non-therian mammals from the early Miocene. It contains two species, N. patagonensis and N. mirabilis.

References

↑ Florentino Ameghino (1891). "Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles descubiertos por Carlos Ameghino en el Eoceno inferior de la Patagonia austral. Especies nuevas, adiciones y correciones". Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1: 289–328.