Mammalia - Cimolesta - Cimolestidae
Full reference: J. R. Wible, G. W. Rougier, M. J. Novacek and R. J. Asher. 2007. Cretaceous eutherians and Laurasian origin for placental mammals near the K/T boundary. Nature 447:1003-1006
Parent taxon: Cimolestidae according to T. E. Williamson et al. 2011
See also Velazco et al. 2022, Wible et al. 2007 and Wible et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Aboletylestes, Alveugena, Ambilestes, Avunculus, Bagalestes, Batodon, Betonnia, Chacopterygus, Cimolestes, Delphodon, Gelastops, Ilerdoryctes, Naranius, Paleotomus, Procerberus, Puercolestes, Scollardius, Suratilestes, Telacodon
Subtaxa: Maelestes gobiensis
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Maelestes type locality, Ukhaa Tolgod (Cretaceous of Mongolia)
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