After McKenna & Bell, 1997, Archibald, Averianov & Ekdale, 2001, Fostowicz-Frelik & Kielan-Jaworowska, 2002 and Archibald and Averianov, 2003
<==o †Zalambdalestidae Gregory & Simpson, 1926 sensu Archibald, Averianov & Ekdale, 2001 ["Zalambdalestida"; Zalambdalestoidea Kalandadze & Rautian, 1992; Kulbeckiidae Nesov, 1993] [Basal Anagalids sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997, paraphyletic sensu Archibald, Averianov & Ekdale, 2001] |-- †Alymlestes kielanae Averianov & Nesov, 1995 |?- †Beleutinus orlovi Bazhanov, 1972 [could be a deltatheroid too?] |-- †Kulbeckia kulbecke Nessov, 1993 [taxonomic history] [Kulbeckiidae Nessov, 1993] `--+-- †Barunlestes butleri Kielan-Jaworowska, 1975 `-- †Zalambdalestes lechei Gregory & Simpson, 1926
Note:
Zalambdalestid are one of the most problematic Late Cretaceous mammals. For long time they were considered as basal eutherians. They had some interresting specialitions that seemed to parallel the evolution of Rodents and Lagomorphs, but they were considered not related to true rodents.
This view seems to be slowly chancing, since McKenna & Bell (1997) included zalambdalestids to their Grandorder Anagalida. Averianov (2000) placed Kulbeckia as a sistergroup of Ungulatomorpha. But more recently it has been seen as a zalambdalestid euthere (Archibald, Averianov & Ekdale, 2001, Archibald and Averianov, 2003).
Reference(s):
- Archibald, J. D. & Averianov, A. O., 2003: The Late Cretaceous placental mammal Kulbeckia.
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 23, #2, pp. 404-419 - Archibald, J. D., Averianov, A. O. & Ekdale, E. G., 2001: Late Cretaceous relatives of rabbits, rodents, adn other extant eutherian mammals.
–Nature: Vol. 414, pp. 62-65 - Averianov, A. O., 2000: Mammals from the Mesozoic of Kirgizstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tadzhikistan. 627-652
in Benton, M. J., Shishkin, M. A., Unvin, D. M. & Kurochkin, E. N., (eds.) 2000: The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia.
–Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000, xxxix-696 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
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in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Fostowicz-Frelik, L. & Kielan-Jaworowska, Z., 2002: Lower incisor in zalambdalestid mammals (Eutheria) and its phylogenetic implications.
–Acta Palaeontologica Polonica: Vol. 47, #1, pp. 177-180 - Kielan-Jaworowska, Z., Novacek, M. J., Trofimov, B. A. & Dashzeveg, D., 2000: Mammals from the Mesozoic of Mongolia. 573-626
in Benton, M. J., Shishkin, M. A., Unvin, D. M. & Kurochkin, E. N., (eds.) 2000: The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia.
–Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2000, xxxix-696 - McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631