Montanalestes

Montanalestes; Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
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]^[2]

Metatheria

	Sinodelphys szalayi

	Cenozoic metatherian

Eutheria

Juramaia sinensis

Montanalestes keeblerorum

	Murtoilestes abramovi

	Eomaia scansoria

	Prokennalestes trofimovi

Cenozoic placentalia

References

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

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[Cifelli1999-1] 1 2 Cifelli, Richard L. (1999). "Tribosphenic mammal from the North American Early Cretaceous". Nature. 401 (6751): 363–366. doi:10.1038/43860. PMID 16862109.

[Archibald2003-2] Archibald, J. David (2003). "Timing and biogeography of the eutherian radiation: fossils and molecules compared" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 28: 350–359. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00034-4. PMID 12878471.