Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Spalacotheriidae
Full reference: B. Patterson. 1955. A symmetrodont from the Early Cretaceous of northern Texas. Fieldiana: Zoology 37:689-693
Parent taxon: Spalacolestinae according to G. Han and J. Meng 2016
See also Averianov 2002, Cassiliano and Clemens 1979, Cifelli and Madsen 1999, Cifelli et al. 2000, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Li and Luo 2006, McKenna and Bell 1997, Patterson 1956 and Prothero 1981
Sister taxa: Aliaga, Heishanlestes, Lactodens, Shalbaatar, Spalacolestes, Spalacotheridium, Symmetrodontoides, Yaverlestes
Subtaxa: Spalacotheroides bridwelli
Type: Spalacotheroides bridwelli
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Greenwood Canyon (Cretaceous of Texas)
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