Mayulestes

Mayulestes (Quechua: mayu river, + Greek: lestes, thief) is a genus of carnivorous metatherian that lived in what is now Tiupampa, Bolivia in the early Paleocene. It shared its habitat with fellow sparassodont Pucadelphys, and a microbiotherid marsupial, Khasia.^[2]

Mayulestes Temporal range: Early Paleocene (Tiupampan), 64.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Sparassodonta
Family:	†Mayulestidae
Genus:	†Mayulestes de Muizon 1994
Species:	†M. ferox
Binomial name
†Mayulestes ferox de Muizon 1994[1]