Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Zalambdalestidae
Synonym: Kulbeckiidae Nessov 1993
Full reference: W. K. Gregory and G. G. Simpson. 1926. Cretaceous mammal skulls from Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 225:1-20
Parent taxon: Zalambdalestoidea according to J. D. Archibald and A. O. Averianov 2005
See also Averianov 1997, Averianov and Archibald 2005, Carroll 1988, Gregory and Simpson 1926, Kielan-Jaworowska 1968, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 1979, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, McKenna and Bell 1997, Nessov 1997, Simpson 1928, Szalay and McKenna 1971, Van Valen 1967, Wible et al. 2001, Wible et al. 2007 and Zan et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Bobolestidae, Otlestidae
Subtaxa: Alymlestes Anchilestes Barunlestes Kulbeckia Zalambdalestes Zhangolestes Zofialestes
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of China (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of China (1), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (14), Tajikistan (1), Uzbekistan (5)
Total: 23 collections including 26 occurrences