Genus: Chalepotherium SIMPSON, 1928
Etymology: Greek, khaleops, “vexacious” and Greek, therion, “beast, mammal”: Vexacious beast.

Species: plieningeri (AMEGHINO, 1903) SIMPSON, 1928
Etymology:
= Microlestes plieningeri AMEGHINO, 1903

Holotype:

Locality: Probably from the Scholosslesmuhle, near Steinenbronn, Baden-Wurttemburg State, Germany.

Horizon:

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Uppermost Rhaetian Stage, Uppermost Late Triassic Epoch, Latest Triassic or Lower Lias Epoch, Early Early Jurassic.

Material: Single broken molar.