Full reference: M. C. McKenna. 1975. Toward a phylogenetic classification of the Mammalia. Phylogeny of the Primates, Plenum Publishing, New York 21-46
Parent taxon: Eutheria according to T. E. Williamson et al. 2011
See also Fox 2015, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Lopatin 2006, McKenna 1975, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Rose et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Acristatherium, Adapisoriculidae, Ambolestes, Asioryctidae, Asioryctitheria, Bibymalagasia, 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: Apatotheria Cimolestidae Didelphodonta Ernanodonta Palaeoryctida Pantodonta Pantolesta Pentacodontidae Sarcodontidae Tillodontia Todralestidae
Ecology: scansorial insectivore