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Scientific classification
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| 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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