Full reference: W. K. Gregory. 1910. The orders of mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 27:1-524
Parent taxon: Eulipotyphla according to M. T. Silcox et al. 2010
See also Douady et al. 2002, Dunn and Rasmussen 2009, Gregory 1910, Hooker 1986, Lopatin 2006, McKenna 1975, Novacek et al. 1985, Rose et al. 2012, Scott 2006, Smith et al. 2002 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Ghamidtherium, Soricomorpha, Pantolestoidae, Solenodontidae, Erinaceidae, Erinaceoidae, Aethomylos
Subtaxa: Chambelestidae Creotarsinae Diacodon Ghambilentes Quadratodon Seia Sespedectidae Talpavoides Talpavus Vastanidae
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (3: Saskatchewan collections), India (1), Pakistan (1), Portugal (1), Tunisia (1), United States (153: California, Colorado, Mississippi, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Canada (1: Alberta), Spain (1), United States (11: New Mexico, Wyoming)
Total: 174 collections including 204 occurrences