Mistralestes
| Mistralestes Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Family: | †Zhelestidae |
| Genus: | †Mistralestes |
| Species: | †M. arcensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Mistralestes arcensis Tabuce et al., 2013
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Mistralestes is an extinct monotypic genus of zhelestid mammal that lived on the Ibero-Armorican Island during the Campanian stage of the Late Cretaceous epoch.[1]
Description
The type species, Mistralestes arcensis, is distinguished by its compression of the trigonid from M1 to M3, a transversely oriented protocristid, and a robust and premolariform P5 lacking a cingulid, metaconid, and paraconid.[2]
References
- ^ "Mistralestes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
- ^ Tabuce, Rodolphe; Tortosa, Thierry; Vianey-Liaud, Monique; Garcia, Géraldine; Lebrun, Renaud; Godefroit, Pascal; Dutour, Yves; Berton, Sévérine; Valentin, Xavier; Cheylan, Gilles (1 November 2013). "New eutherian mammals from the Late Cretaceous of Aix-en-Provence Basin, south-eastern France: European Late Cretaceous mammals". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 169 (3): 653–672. doi:10.1111/zoj.12074. Retrieved 3 May 2026 – via Oxford Academic.