Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Zhelestidae
Full reference: R. C. Fox. 1989. The Wounded Knee local fauna and mammalian evolution near the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary, Saskatchewan, Canada. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 208(1-3):11-59
Parent taxon: Zhelestidae according to J. R. Wible et al. 2009
See also Archibald 1998, Fox 1989, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Wible et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Aspanlestes, Avitotherium, Azilestes, Beleutinus, Beleutinus orlovi, Borisodon, Eozhelestes, Gallolestes, Kumsuperus, Lainodontinae, Mistralestes, Oxlestes, Parazhelestes, Sheikhdzheilia, Sorlestes, Valentinella, Zhalmouzia, Zhelestes
Subtaxa: Alostera saskatchewanensis
Type: Alostera saskatchewanensis
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), United States (4: Montana, Wyoming)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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