Mammalia - Theriiformes - Zhelestidae

Full reference: R. Tabuce, M. Vianey-Liaud, and G. Garcia. 2004. A eutherian mammal in the latest Cretaceous of Vitrolles, southern France. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49(3):347-356

Belongs to Valentinella according to R. Tabuce et al. 2004

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ISEM/VLP?2, a mandible (damaged right dentary with p3-m3). Its type locality is Vitrolles la Plaine, Rognac, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial limestone/marl in the Rognac Limestone Formation of France.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore