Montanalestes
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Montanalestes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Subclass: | Theria |
Clade: | Eutheria |
Genus: | †Montanalestes Cifelli, 1999 |
Species | |
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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]
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References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "PBDB". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
- ^ 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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