Laolestes

{{Short description|Extinct family of mammals}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = Tithonian-Valanginian, {{Fossil range|156.3|132.6}}

| image = American Mesozoic Mammalia (1929) (18158180251).jpg

| image_caption = Jaws and teeth of Laolestes seen from different angles

| taxon = Laolestes

| authority = Simpson, 1927

| type_species = {{Extinct}}Laolestes eminens

| type_species_authority = Simpson, 1927

| subdivision_ranks = Other species

| subdivision =

• {{Extinct}}L. andresi {{Small|Martin, 1999}}
• {{Extinct}}L. goodrichi {{Small|(Simpson, 1929 [originally Melanodon])}}
• {{Extinct}}L. hodsoni {{Small|(Clemens & Lees, 1971 [originally Melanodon])}}
• {{Extinct}}L. oweni {{Small|(Simpson, 1927 [originally Melanodon])}}

| synonyms =

• Malthacolestes {{Small|Simpson, 1927}}
• Melanodon {{Small|Simpson, 1927}}

}}

Laolestes is an extinct genus of dryolestid mammal. Fossil remains are known from the Morrison Formation, in stratigraphic zones 5 and 6.,Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329. the Late Jurassic of Portugal, and Early Cretaceous Wadhurst Clay of the United Kingdom.