Superfamily Caenolestoidea (marsupial)
Parent taxon: Paucituberculata according to F. J. Goin et al. 2009
See also Flynn et al. 2002, Goin et al. 2006, Marshall 1980, Marshall 1982, McKenna and Bell 1997, Patterson and Marshall 1978 and Simpson et al. 1962
Sister taxa: Bardalestes, Caroloameghinioidea, Evolestes, Palaeothentoidea, Riolestes
Subtaxa: Caenolestidae Lestoros
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Argentina (3 collections), Bolivia (1)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (3)
• Miocene of Argentina (7), Bolivia (1), Peru (1)
• Deseadan of Argentina (2)
• Oligocene of Argentina (1), Peru (4)
• Tinguirirican of Argentina (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Peru (1)
• Eocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 26 collections including 36 occurrences