Mammalia - Theriiformes - Zhelestidae

Full reference: A. Averianov and J. D. Archibald. 2005. Mammals from the mid-Cretaceous Khodzhakul Formation, Kyzylkum Desert, Uzbekistan. Cretaceous Research 26(4):593-608

Parent taxon: Zhelestidae according to J. R. Wible et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Alostera, Aspanlestes, Avitotherium, Borisodon, Eozhelestes, Gallolestes, Lainodontinae, Oxlestes, Parazhelestes, Sorlestes, Valentinella, Wania, Zhalmouzia, Zhelestes

Subtaxa: Sheikhdzheilia rezvyii

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore