Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Zhelestidae
Full reference: J. A. Lillegraven. 1976. A new genus of therian mammal from the Late Cretaceous "El Gallo Formation," Baja California, Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 50(3):437-443
Parent taxon: Zhelestidae according to J. R. Wible et al. 2009
See also Archibald and Averianov 2012, Clemens 1980, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 1979, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Lillegraven 1976, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Wible et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Alostera, Aspanlestes, Avitotherium, Azilestes, Beleutinus, Beleutinus orlovi, Borisodon, Eozhelestes, Kumsuperus, Lainodontinae, Mistralestes, Oxlestes, Parazhelestes, Sheikhdzheilia, Sorlestes, Valentinella, Zhalmouzia, Zhelestes
Subtaxa: Gallolestes agujaensis Gallolestes pachymandibularis
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1 collection), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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