†family Sespedectidae Novacek 1985 (placental)
Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Sespedectidae
Parent taxon: Erinaceomorpha according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008
See also Korth et al. 2022 and Lopatin 2006
Sister taxa: Chambelestidae, Creotarsinae, Diacodon, Ghambilentes, Quadratodon, Seia, Talpavoides, Talpavus, Vastanidae
Subtaxa: Sespedectinae
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan collections), United States (134: California, Mississippi, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 136 collections including 163 occurrences