Mistralestes Tabuce et al. 2013 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Zhelestidae

Full reference: R. Tabuce, T. Tortosa, M. Vianey-Liaud, G. Garcia, R. Lebrun, P. Godefroit, Y. Dutour, S. Berton, X. Valentin and G. Cheylan. 2013. New eutherian mammals from the Late Cretaceous of Aix-en-Provence Basin, south-eastern France. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 169:653-672

Parent taxon: Zhelestidae according to R. Tabuce et al. 2013

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

Subtaxa: Mistralestes arcensis

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Type: Mistralestes arcensis

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at La Cairanne-Highway (Cretaceous of France)

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