Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Spalacotheriidae

Full reference: R. L. Cifelli, B. M. Davis, and B. Sames. 2014. Earliest Cretaceous mammals from the western United States. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59(1):31-52

Parent taxon: Spalacotheriidae according to G. Han and J. Meng 2016

See also Cifelli et al. 2014

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

Subtaxa: Infernolestes rougieri

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Type: Infernolestes rougieri

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Near the mouth of Hell Canyon, about 17 km ENE of Edgemont (OMNH V1243) (Cretaceous of South Dakota)

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