Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Caenolestidae
Synonym: Epanorthidae Ameghino 1889
Parent taxon: Caenolestoidea according to F. J. Goin et al. 2009
See also Abello et al. 2021, Abello et al. 2012, Ameghino 1891, Ameghino 1894, Ameghino 1897, Gadow 1898, Goin and Candela 1998, Marshall 1980, Marshall 1982, McKenna and Bell 1997, Nowak 1991, Patterson and Marshall 1978, Simpson 1948, Springer et al. 1994 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxon: Lestoros
Subtaxa: Caenolestes Caenolestinae Caenolestoides Callomenus Eomannodon Epanorthus Essoprion Gaimanlestes Halmadromus Halmaselus Metaepanorthus Palaepanorthus Paraepanorthus Perulestes Pilchenia Pliolestes Prepanorthus Progarzonia Rhyncholestes Stilotherium
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Argentina (3 collections), Bolivia (1)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (3)
• Miocene of Argentina (7), Bolivia (1), Peru (1)
• Deseadan of Argentina (2)
• Oligocene of Argentina (1), Peru (4)
• Tinguirirican of Argentina (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Peru (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 26 collections including 36 occurrences