Full reference: M. J. Novacek, G. W. Rougier, J. R. Wible, M. C. McKenna, D. Dashzeveg and I. Horovitz. 1997. Epipubic bones in eutherian mammals from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Nature 389:483-486
Parent taxon: Eutheria according to A. O. Averianov et al. 2014
See also Archibald and Averianov 2005, Archibald and Averianov 2006, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Novacek et al. 1997 and Wible et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Acristatherium, Adapisoriculidae, Ambolestes, Asioryctidae, 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, Tamirtheria, Therictoidea, Trogontia, Zalambdalestoidea, Zhelestidae
Subtaxa: Asioryctidae Bulaklestes Daulestes Kennalestes Kennalestidae Sasayamamylos Uchkudukodon Ukhaatherium
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Japan (1 collection), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (8), Uzbekistan (9)
Total: 19 collections including 23 occurrences