Montanalestes is an extinct mammal known from the Cretaceous in North America.[1]
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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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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