†Oxlestes grandis Nessov 1982 (eutherian)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Zhelestidae
Full reference: L. A. Nessov. 1982. Drevneishie mlekopitaiushchie SSSR [Ancient mammals of the USSR]. Palyentologicheskogo Obshchyestva 25:228-243
Belongs to Oxlestes according to J. D. Archibald and A. O. Averianov 2005
See also Averianov and Archibald 2005, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Nessov 1982 and Nessov et al. 1994
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CCMGE 6/11758, a set of vertebrae (axis). Its type locality is SSHD-8a, Sheikhdzheili, which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial horizon in the Khodzhakul Formation of Uzbekistan.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at SSHD-8a, Sheikhdzheili
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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