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, Holoclemensiidae, Horolodectidae, Hovurlestes, Hyaenodonta, Juramaia, Kennalestoidea, Leptictida, Litopterna, Mingotheriidae, Mutica, Nanocuridae, Notopterna, Oligoryctidae, Pahelia, Palaeorycteropus, Paranyctoides, Paraxonia, Placentalia, Prokennalestes, Proteutheria, Sahnitherium, Sazlestes, Scollardius, Sinodelphys, Taeniodonta, Therictoidea, Trogontia, Zalambdalestidae, Zhelestidae
Subtaxa: Montanalestes keeblerorum
Type: Montanalestes keebleri
Ecology: scansorial insectivore