| Wareolestes Temporal range: Bathonian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Synapsida |
| Clade: | Therapsida |
| Clade: | Cynodontia |
| Clade: | Mammaliaformes |
| Order: | †Morganucodonta |
| Family: | †Megazostrodontidae |
| Genus: | †Wareolestes |
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| Wareolestes rex Freeman, 1979[1]
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Wareolestes rex ("Ware's Brigand king") is a mammaliaform from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) rocks of England and Scotland. It was originally known from isolated teeth from England,[1] before a more complete jaw with teeth was found in the Kilmaluag Formation of Skye, Scotland.[2]
- ^ a b Freeman E. 1979. A Middle Jurassic mammal bed from Oxfordshire. Palaeontology, 22, 135–166.
- ^ Panciroli, Elsa; Benson, Roger B. J.; Walsh, Stig (2017-05-04). "The dentary of Wareolestes rex (Megazostrodontidae): a new specimen from Scotland and implications for morganucodontan tooth replacement". Papers in Palaeontology. 3 (3): 373–386. doi:10.1002/spp2.1079. ISSN 2056-2802.