Kennalestes gobiensis Kielan-Jaworowska 1968 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida

Full reference: Z. Kielan-Jaworowska. 1968. Preliminary data on the Upper Cretaceous eutherian mammals from Bayn Dzak, Gobi Desert. Palaeontologia Polonica 19:171-191

Belongs to Kennalestes according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

See also Kielan-Jaworowska 1968, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 1979 and Kielan-Jaworozski 1984

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ZPal MgM-I/3. Its type locality is Bayn Dzak [PMPE], which is in a Campanian terrestrial sandstone in the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Mongolia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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