Yangtanglestes

Taxobox
name = "Yangtanglestes conexus"
fossil_range = Early to Late Paleocene


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image_caption = "Yangtanglestes conexus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Mesonychia
familia = Mesonychidae
genus = "Yangtanglestes"
species = "Y. conexus"

"Yangtanglestes conexus" is a weasel-like Chinese mesonychid that first appeared during the Early Paleocene, and is the oldest known mesonychid. It went extinct during the Nongshanian division of the Late Paleocene, and lived sympatrically with its descendant genera, including "Dissacus", "Sinonyx" and "Jiangxia".