Full reference: R. L. Cifelli. 1999. Tribosphenic mammal from the North American Early Cretaceous. Nature 401:363-366
Parent taxon: Eutheria according to S. Bi et al. 2018
See also Cifelli 1999, Cifelli and Davis 2015, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004 and Martin and Rauhut 2005
Sister taxa: Acristatherium, Adapisoriculidae, Ambolestes, Asioryctidae, Asioryctitheria, Bibymalagasia, Cimolesta, Didymoconida, Durlstodon, Durlstotherium, Endotherium, Eomaia, Heptaconodon, Heptaconodon dubium, Holoclemensiidae, Horolodectidae, Hovurlestes, Indoclemensia, Juramaia, Kennalestoidea, Leptictida, Meridiungulata, Mingotheriidae, Mutica, Nanocuridae, Notopterna, Palaeorycteropus, Paranyctoides, Paraxonia, Placentalia, Proteutheria, Prozalambdalestes, Quadripedes, Sahnitherium, Sazlestes, Sinodelphys, Taeniodonta, Tamirtheria, Therictoidea, Trogontia, Zalambdalestoidea, Zhelestidae
Subtaxa: Montanalestes keeblerorum
Type: Montanalestes keebleri
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at OMNH V1156 (Cretaceous of Montana)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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