Yaverlestes
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| Yaverlestes Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Symmetrodonta |
| Family: | †Spalacotheriidae |
| Genus: | †Yaverlestes |
| Species: | †Y. gassoni
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| †Yaverlestes gassoni Steven Sweetman, 2008
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Yaverlestes gassoni is an extinct mammal which dates to the early Cretaceous period, 124.6 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 Dr Brian Gasson, its discoverer.
References
- Sweetman, Steven. "A spalacolestine spalacotheriid (mammalia, trechnotheria) from the early cretaceous (barremian) of southern england and its bearing on spalacotheriid evolution. Palaeontology. 51. 1367 - 1385. 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00816.x.".
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