Parent taxon: Eutheria according to T. J. D. Halliday et al. 2017
See also Archibald and Averianov 2005 and Averianov and Archibald 2005
Sister taxa: Acristatherium, 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, Zhelestidae
Subtaxa: Bobolestidae Otlestidae Zalambdalestidae
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of China (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of China (1), India (1), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (14), the Russian Federation (1), Tajikistan (1), Uzbekistan (6)
Total: 26 collections including 31 occurrences