Mistralestes Temporal range: Campanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Family:	†Zhelestidae
Genus:	†Mistralestes
Species:	†M. arcensis
Binomial name
†Mistralestes arcensis Tabuce et al., 2013

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]

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