[MM] Zhelestes temirkazyk
Eutherians
DESCRIBER Nessov, 1985
TIME Cretaceous Late
Turinian Coniacian
CLASS Mammalia
INFRACLASS Eutheria
MAGNORDER Epitheria
SUPERORDER Ungalatomorpha
ORDER Incertae Sedis
FAMILY \"Zheliestidae\"
FOSSILSITE Bissekt Formation, Kyzylkum Dessert, Uzbekistan
INFO
Five upper premolars. Very large singlerooted canine followed by a diastema, small, single-rooted P1 and Px, large dubble-rooted P2, P3 strong piercing, P4 semimolariforum, but without metacone. M1 and M2 narrow, with small stylar area and very weak ectoflexus, especially on M1.
Non: Z. cf. temirkazyk, Nessov, 1985; Non Z. bezelgen, Nessov, 1987 which possibly belong to Aspanlestes.
Nessov, Archibald and Kielan-Jaworowska, 1998 reconstruted the maxilla with teeth of Zhelestes temirkazyk together with the dentary of Sorlestes budan, suggesting that they might be conspecific.