Murtoilestes abramovi Averianov and Skutschas 2000 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Otlestidae

Alternative combination: Prokennalestes abramovi

Full reference: A. Averianov and P. Skutschas. 2000. A eutherian mammal from the Early Cretaceous of Russia and biostratigraphy of the Asian Early Cretaceous vertebrate assemblages. Lethaia 33:330-340

Belongs to Murtoilestes according to Nessov 1985

See also Averianov and Skutschas 2000 and Averianov and Skutschas 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ZIN 34834, a tooth (left M2). Its type locality is Mogoito, Promoina Klevenskogo, which is in a Valanginian terrestrial sandstone in the Murtoi Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Mogoito, Promoina Klevenskogo

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