†family Pentacodontidae Simpson 1937 (eutherian)
Mammalia - Cimolesta - Pentacodontidae
Alternative spelling: Pentacodontinae
Parent taxon: Cimolesta according to McKenna and Bell 1997
See also Lopatin 2006 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Apatotheria, Cimolestidae, Didelphodonta, Ernanodonta, Palaeoryctida, Pantodonta, Pantolesta, Sarcodontidae, Tillodontia, Todralestidae
Subtaxa: Amaramnis Aphronorus Bisonalveus Eurolestes
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: Wyoming collections)
• Clarkforkian of United States (1: Montana)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Canada (10: Alberta), United States (36: Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 52 collections including 63 occurrences