†subfamily Lainodontinae Gheerbrant and Astibia 2012 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Zhelestidae

Full reference: E. Gheerbrant and H. Astibia. 2012. Addition to the Late Cretaceous Laño mammal faunule (Spain) and to the knowledge of European “Zhelestidae” (Lainodontinae nov.). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 183(6):537-546

Parent taxon: Zhelestidae according to T. Martin et al. 2015

See also Gheerbrant and Astibia 2012

Sister taxa: Alostera, Aspanlestes, Avitotherium, Azilestes, Beleutinus, Beleutinus orlovi, Borisodon, Eozhelestes, Gallolestes, Kumsuperus, Mistralestes, Oxlestes, Parazhelestes, Sheikhdzheilia, Sorlestes, Valentinella, Zhalmouzia, Zhelestes

Subtaxa: Labes Lainodon

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (2 collections), Spain (3), Turkey (1)

• Jurassic of Bulgaria (1), Italy (1), Romania (2), Turkey (2)

Total: 12 collections including 15 occurrences

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