Culicolestes kielanae Cifelli et al. 2016 (marsupial)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae

Full reference: R. L. Cifelli, J. E. Cohen, and B. M. Davis. 2016. New tribosphenic mammals from the Mussentuchit Local Fauna (Cedar Mountain Formation, Cenomanian), Utah, USA. Palaeontologia Polonica 67:67-81

Belongs to Culicolestes according to R. L. Cifelli et al. 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: OMNH 25809, a tooth (left upper molar missing the distal stylar shelf and some cusp apices). Its type locality is OMNH V239, Mussentuchit, which is in a Cenomanian channel horizon in the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah.

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (5: Utah collections)

Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences

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