Murtoilestes Averianov and Skutschas 2001 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Otlestidae

Full reference: A. O. Averianov and P. P. Skutschas. 2001. A new genus of eutherian mammal from the Early Cretaceous of Transbaikalia, Russia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46(3):431-436

Parent taxon: Otlestidae according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

See also Averianov and Skutschas 2001

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Murtoilestes abramovi

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Mogoito, Promoina Klevenskogo (Cretaceous of Russian Federation)

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