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
Eutheria

Juramaia sinensis

Montanalestes keeblerorum

Murtoilestes abramovi

Eomaia scansoria

Prokennalestes trofimovi

Cenozoic placentalia

References

  1. ^ a b c 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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