Zofialestes longidens Fostowicz-Frelik 2016 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Zalambdalestidae

Full reference: L. Fostowicz-Frelik. 2016. A new zalambdalestid (Eutheria) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia and its implications for the origin of Glires. Palaeontologia Polonica 67:127-136

Belongs to Zofialestes according to L. Fostowicz-Frelik 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ZPAL MgM-I/135, a mandible. Its type locality is southern and eastern Nemegt Basin, which is in a Campanian/Campanian terrestrial sandstone/mudstone in the Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore

Distribution: found only at southern and eastern Nemegt Basin

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