Phascolestes

Phascolestes is a genus of extinct mammal from the Berriasian epoch of Early Cretaceous Southern England. The type and only species is Phascolestes mustelulus, which was named by Richard Owen in 1871 for dental material from the Lulworth Formation.^[1] Phascolestes is a close relative of co-existing taxon Achyrodon within the subfamily Kurtodontinae of the family Dryolestidae, with Kurtodon being a junior synonym of Phascolestes although the subfamily name is still applicable.^[2]

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Phascolestes Temporal range: Berriasian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Dryolestida
Family:	†Dryolestidae
Subfamily:	†Kurtodontinae
Genus:	†Phascolestes Owen, 1871[1]
Species:	†P. mustelulus
Binomial name
†Phascolestes mustelulus Owen, 1871[1]
Synonyms[2]
Peraspalax talpoides Owen, 1871 Kurtodon pusillus Osborn, 1888

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