Necrolestes

Necrolestes Temporal range: Early Miocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
N. patagonensis reconstructed as a mole-like animal
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Superorder:	†Dryolestoidea
Clade:	†Meridiolestida
Family:	†Necrolestidae Ameghino, 1891
Genus:	†Necrolestes Ameghino, 1891
Type species
Necrolestes patagonensis Ameghino, 1891
Species
†N. patagonensis Ameghino, 1891 †N. mirabilis Goin et al., 2007

Necrolestes ("grave robber" or "thief of the dead") is an extinct genus of non-therian mammals from the early Miocene of southern South America. It contains two species, N. patagonensis and N. mirabilis, and is the most recent known genus of dryolestoid.