Genus: Mistralestes TABUCE, TORTOSA, VIANEY-LIAUD, GARCIA, LEBRUN,
GODEFROIT, DUTOUR, BERTON, VALENTIN & CHEYLAN, 2013
Etymology: From Mistral (name of the strong wind affecting south-eastern France),
which signifies 'the master' in Provencial, a language spoken in southern France,
and Greek, lestes, "robber, pirate."
Species: arcensis TABUCE, TORTOSA, VIANEY-LIAUD, GARCIA,
LEBRUN, GODEFROIT, DUTOUR,
BERTON, VALENTIN & CHEYLAN, 2013
Etymology: From the coastal river Arc, which flows south of the La Cairanne-Highway
locality, Bouches-du-Rhone Department, France.
Holotype: MHN Aix-PV.2008.1.1
Locality: La Cairanne-Highway, village of Rousset, Aix-en-Province Basin, Bouches-du-Rhone Department, France.
Horizon:
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Maastrichtian Stage, Upper Senonian Subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: Right dentary fragment with p5 to m3 and roots of p4.