Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Zhelestidae

Full reference: L. A. Nessov. 1985. Novye mlekopitayushchie Mela Kyzylkumov [New mammals from the Cretaceous of Kyzyl-Kum]. Vestnik Leningradskogo Universiteta, Geologiia, Geografiia, series 7 17:8-18

Parent taxon: Zhelestidae according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

See also Averianov 1997, Nessov 1985, Nessov et al. 1998, Nessov et al. 1994 and Setoguchi et al. 1999

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

Subtaxa: Sorlestes mifunensis

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Amagimi Dam, Tashiro (loc. no. 1) (Cretaceous of Japan)

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