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

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] 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.