Carinalestes Cifelli and Davis 2015 (mammal)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha

Full reference: R. L. Cifelli and B. M. Davis. 2015. Tribosphenic mammals from the Lower Cretaceous Cloverly Formation of Montana and Wyoming. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(3):e920848:1-18

Parent taxon: Tribosphenida according to R. L. Cifelli and B. M. Davis 2015

Sister taxa: Argaliatherium, Brasilestes, Culicolestes, Idiogenomys, Kermackiidae, Kielantherium, Potamotelses, Aegialodon, Picopsidae, Potamotelsidae, Zygiocuspis, Tribotherium, Hypomylos, Paleomolops, Theria

Subtaxa: Carinalestes murensis

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Type: Carinalestes murensis

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at OMNH V938 (Cretaceous of Montana)

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