Alternative spelling: Didymoconidae
Synonym: Tshelkariidae Gromova 1960
Parent taxon: Eutheria according to A. V. Lopatin 2001
See also Gingerich 1982, Lopatin 1997, Lopatin 2006, Mellett and Szalay 1968 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Acristatherium, Adapisoriculidae, Ambolestes, Asioryctidae, Asioryctitheria, Bibymalagasia, Cimolesta, 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: Archaeoryctes Ardynictinae Ardynictis Didymoconinae Didymoconus berkeyi Hsiangolestes Hunanictis Jiajianictis Kennatheriinae Wanolestes Zeuctherium
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
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