Full reference: P. M. Velazco, A. J. Buczek, E. Hoffman, D. K. Hoffman, M. A. O’Leary and M. J. Novacek. 2022. Combined data analysis of fossil and living mammals: a Paleogene sister taxon of Placentalia and the antiquity of Marsupialia. Cladistics 38(3):359-373
Parent taxon: Eutheria according to P. M. Velazco et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Acristatherium, Adapisoriculidae, Ambolestes, Asioryctidae, Asioryctitheria, Bibymalagasia, Cimolesta, Didymoconida, Durlstodon, Durlstotherium, Endotherium, Eomaia, Heptaconodon, Heptaconodon dubium, Holoclemensiidae, Horolodectidae, Hovurlestes, Indoclemensia, Juramaia, Kennalestoidea, Leptictida, Meridiungulata, Mingotheriidae, Montanalestes, Mutica, Nanocuridae, Notopterna, Palaeorycteropus, Paranyctoides, Paraxonia, Placentalia, Proteutheria, Prozalambdalestes, Quadripedes, Sahnitherium, Sazlestes, Sinodelphys, Taeniodonta, Therictoidea, Trogontia, Zalambdalestoidea, Zhelestidae
Subtaxa: Prokennalestes
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Khovboor (PIN coll. 3101) [SMPE] (Cretaceous of Mongolia)