Peralestes Owen 1871 (mammal)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Spalacotheriidae

Full reference: R. Owen. 1871. Monograph of the fossil Mammalia of the Mesozoic formations. 24(110):vi-115

Parent taxon: Spalacotheriidae according to W. A. Clemens 1963

See also Cassiliano and Clemens 1979, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Owen 1871, Simpson 1925, Simpson 1928 and Simpson 1929

Sister taxa: Akidolestes, Cifellitherium, Infernolestes, Spalacolestinae, Spalacotherium, Symmetrolestes

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Peralestes in the database

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