Full reference: Y. Hu, J. Meng, C. Li and Y. Wang. 2010. New basal eutherian mammal from the Early Cretaceous Jehol biota, Liaoning, China. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 277:229-236
Parent taxon: Eutheria according to S. Bi et al. 2018
See also Hu et al. 2010 and Zhou and Wang 2010
Sister taxa: Adapisoriculidae, Ambolestes, Asioryctidae, Asioryctitheria, Bibymalagasia, Cimolesta, Didymoconida, Durlstodon, Durlstotherium, Endotherium, Eomaia, Heptaconodon, Heptaconodon dubium, Holoclemensiidae, Horolodectidae, Hovurlestes, Indoclemensia, Juramaia, Kennalestoidea, Leptictida, Meridiungulata, Mingotheriidae, Montanalestes, Mutica, Nanocuridae, Notopterna, Palaeorycteropus, Paranyctoides, Paraxonia, Placentalia, Proteutheria, Prozalambdalestes, Quadripedes, Sahnitherium, Sazlestes, Sinodelphys, Taeniodonta, Tamirtheria, Therictoidea, Trogontia, Zalambdalestoidea, Zhelestidae
Subtaxa: Acristatherium yanensis
Type: Acristatherium yanensis
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Yanzigou, Shanyuan (Cretaceous of China)
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