Mammalia - Theriiformes - Zhelestidae

Synonym: Ortalestes Nessov 1997

Full reference: L. A. Nessov. 1985. Novye mlekopitayushchie Mela Kyzylkumov [New mammals from the Cretaceous of Kyzyl-Kum]. Vestnik Leningradskogo Universiteta, Geologiia, Geografiia, series 7 17:8-18

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

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

Subtaxa: Aspanlestes aptap, Ortalestes tostak

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore