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Zhelestidae
Taxonomy
Zhelestidae was named by Nessov (1990). It is not extant. It was considered paraphyletic by Averianov and Archibald (2005).
It was assigned to Mixotheridia by Wang (1995); to Ungulatomorpha by Averianov (1997), Nessov et al. (1998), Archibald (1998) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004); to Laurasiatheria by Archibald and Averianov (2005) and Averianov and Archibald (2005); and to Eutheria by Wible et al. (2007) and Archibald and Averianov (2012).
It was assigned to Mixotheridia by Wang (1995); to Ungulatomorpha by Averianov (1997), Nessov et al. (1998), Archibald (1998) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004); to Laurasiatheria by Archibald and Averianov (2005) and Averianov and Archibald (2005); and to Eutheria by Wible et al. (2007) and Archibald and Averianov (2012).
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Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1984 | Kumsuperus Nessov |
| 1990 | Zhelestidae Nessov |
| 1994 | Kumsuperus Nessov et al. pp. 68, 71 |
| 1995 | Zhelestidae Wang |
| 1997 | Zhelestidae Averianov p. 249 |
| 1998 | Zhelestidae Archibald |
| 1998 | Zhelestidae Nessov et al. p. 45 |
| 2004 | Zhelestidae Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 509-510 |
| 2005 | Zhelestidae Archibald and Averianov |
| 2005 | Zhelestidae Averianov and Archibald p. 595 |
| 2007 | Zhelestidae Wible et al. |
| 2012 | Zhelestidae Archibald and Averianov p. 362 |
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