Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Zhelestidae
Full reference: A. Averianov and J. D. Archibald. 2005. Mammals from the mid-Cretaceous Khodzhakul Formation, Kyzylkum Desert, Uzbekistan. Cretaceous Research 26(4):593-608
Parent taxon: Zhelestidae according to J. R. Wible et al. 2009
See also Archibald and Averianov 2005, Archibald and Averianov 2012, Averianov and Archibald 2005 and Wible et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Alostera, Aspanlestes, Avitotherium, Azilestes, Beleutinus, Beleutinus orlovi, Borisodon, Eozhelestes, Gallolestes, Kumsuperus, Lainodontinae, Mistralestes, Oxlestes, Parazhelestes, Sorlestes, Valentinella, Zhalmouzia, Zhelestes
Subtaxa: Sheikhdzheilia rezvyii
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Uzbekistan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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