Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Zhelestidae
Full reference: R. L. Cifelli. 1990. Cretaceous mammals from southern Utah. IV. Eutherian mammals from the Wahweap (Aquilean) and Kaiparowits (Judithian) Formations. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 10(3):346-360
Parent taxon: Zhelestidae according to J. R. Wible et al. 2009
See also Archibald and Averianov 2012, Cifelli 1990, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Wible et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Alostera, Aspanlestes, Azilestes, Beleutinus, Beleutinus orlovi, Borisodon, Eozhelestes, Gallolestes, Kumsuperus, Lainodontinae, Mistralestes, Oxlestes, Parazhelestes, Sheikhdzheilia, Sorlestes, Valentinella, Zhalmouzia, Zhelestes
Subtaxa: Avitotherium utahensis
Type: Avitotherium utahensis
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (3: Utah collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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