Montanalestes
Temporal range: Middle Cretaceous[1][2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Theria
Clade: Eutheria
Genus: †Montanalestes
Cifelli, 1999
Species
  • M. keeblerorum Cifelli, 1999 (type)

Montanalestes is an extinct mammal known from the Cretaceous in North America.[1]

Classification

Known from only six fossil teeth, Montanalestes is an example of the less well-preserved early eutherians found on the northern hemisphere, apparently more closely related to later eutherians than Prokennalestes, and Murtoilestes.[1][3]

 Metatheria

 Sinodelphys szalayi

 Cenozoic metatherian

 Eutheria

 Juramaia sinensis

 Montanalestes keeblerorum

 Murtoilestes abramovi

 Eomaia scansoria

 Prokennalestes trofimovi

 Cenozoic placentalia

References

  1. 1 2 3 Cifelli, Richard L. (1999). "Tribosphenic mammal from the North American Early Cretaceous". Nature. 401 (6751): 363–366. doi:10.1038/43860. PMID 16862109.
  2. ↑ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
  3. ↑ Archibald, J. David (2003). "Timing and biogeography of the eutherian radiation: fossils and molecules compared" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 28 (2): 350–359. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00034-4. PMID 12878471.


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