Montanalestes

Montanalestes Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
(unranked):	Tribosphenida
Subclass:	Theria
Infraclass:	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. Cifelli, Richard L. (1999). "Tribosphenic mammal from the North American Early Cretaceous". Nature 401 (6751): 363–366. doi:10.1038/43860. PMID 16862109.
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.