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Extinct genus of mammals

Kennalestes
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 75 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Kennalestes gobiensis fossils
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Leptictida
Superfamily: Leptictidoidea
Genus: Kennalestes
Kielan-Jaworowska, 1968
Type species
Kennalestes gobiensis
Kielan-Jaworowska, 1968

Kennalestes is an extinct genus of insectivorous mammal resembling a shrew that was described in 1968. 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.

References

  1. Z. Kielan-Jaworowska. 1968. New Upper Cretaceous multituberculate genera from Bayn Dzak, Gobi Desert. Palaeontologia Polonica
Eutheria
Synapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Eutheria
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Eutheria
Eutheria
Adapisoriculidae
Asioryctitheria
Cimolestidae
Didymoconidae
Horolodectidae
Leptictida
Gypsonictopidae
Pseudorhyncocyonidae
Leptictidae
Palaeoryctidae
Pantolesta
Paroxyclaenidae
Pantolestidae
Taeniodonta
Conoryctidae
Onychodectidae
Stylinodontidae
Tillodontia
Zalambdalestidae
Zhelestidae
Pantodonta
Placentalia
Leptictidium nasutum

Palaeosinopa didelphoides Wortmania otariidens

Zalambdalestes lechei
Taxon identifiers
Kennalestes gobiensis
Kennalestes


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