Amniota - Docodonta - Docodontidae
Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1929. American Mesozoic Mammalia. Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of Yale University 3(1):1-171
Parent taxon: Docodonta according to A. O. Averianov et al. 2010
See also Carroll 1988, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kron 1979, Sigogneau-Russell 2001, Simpson 1929, Waldman and Savage 1972 and Walker 1969
Sister taxa: Agilodocodon, Castorocauda, Docofossor, Itatodon, Simpsonodontidae, Tashkumyrodon, Tegotheriidae
Subtaxa: Borealestes Cyrtlatherium Delsatia Docodon Dsungarodon Gondtherium Haldanodon Peraiocynodon
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
• Jurassic of China (2), India (1), Portugal (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (11: Colorado, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 22 collections including 28 occurrences