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Extinct family of mammals

Yaverlestes
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 130 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Speculative restoration of Yaverlestes gassoni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Symmetrodonta
Family: Spalacotheriidae
Genus: Yaverlestes
Species: Y. gassoni
Binomial name
Yaverlestes gassoni
Sweetman, 2008

Yaverlestes gassoni is an extinct mammal which dates to the early Cretaceous period, 130 million years ago. It is part of the Wessex Formation from the Isle of Wight, England. The holotype, BMNH M 54386, is a partial jaw discovered near Yaverland.

The genus name, Yaverlestes, is derived from Yaverland, the location of its discovery, and lestes, Greek for thief. The specific epithet, gassoni, is in honour of Brian Gasson, its discoverer.

References

  1. Sweetman, Steven C. (November 2008). "A spalacolestine spalacotheriid (Mammalia, Trechnotheria) from the Early Cretaceous (Barremian) of southern England and its bearing on spalacotheriid evolution". Palaeontology. 51 (6): 1367–1385. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00816.x.
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