PaleoDB taxon number: 39911
Full reference: R. L. Cifelli. 1999. Tribosphenic mammal from the North American Early Cretaceous. Nature 401:363-366
Parent taxon: Eutheria according to S. Bi et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Acreodi, Acristatherium, Ambilestes, Ambolestes, Arctocyonidae, Asioryctitheria, Bibymalagasia, Cimolesta, Didymoconida, Durlstodon, Durlstotherium, Endotherium, Eomaia, Gliriformes, Heptaconodon, Heptaconodon dubium, Holoclemensiidae, Horolodectidae, Hovurlestes, Hyaenodonta, Juramaia, Kennalestoidea, Leptictida, Litopterna, Mingotheriidae, Mutica, Nanocuridae, Notopterna, Notoungulata, Oligoryctidae, Paranyctoides, Paraxonia, Placentalia, Prokennalestes, Proteutheria, Prozalambdalestes, Quadripedes, Sahnitherium, Sazlestes, Scollardius, Sinodelphys, Taeniodonta, Therictoidea, Zalambdalestidae, Zhelestidae
Subtaxa: Montanalestes keeblerorum
Type: Montanalestes keebleri
Ecology: scansorial insectivore