Parent taxon: Mammalia according to F. Goin et al. 2007
See also Ameghino 1894, Gregory 1910, Jaekel 1911 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Acrotheria, Allotheria, Ameghinichnidae, Ameghinichnus, Anagonia, Anagonia insulata, Anisorhizus, Anisorhizus atriarius, Apotheria, Aquila ferox, Archaeorycteropus patagonicus, Arrhinolemuroidea, Atlasodon, Australosphenida, Bellua, Bondesiidae, Bunotheria, Cimolomidae, Cladotheria, Deinotheria, Diplodon ampliatus, Diplodonops, Dipodiscidae, Dipriodontidae, Ditremata, Eopentapodiscidae, Eotetrapodiscus, Eotheria, Erecta, Erythrotherium, Eutriconodonta, Eutrochodon, Florentinoameghinia, Fruitafossor, Gobiotheriodon, Helioseus, Holotheria, Holotheria, Homunculus imago, Hypotheria, Isolophodon aplanatus, Likhoeletherium, Lobodon vetus, Lophiodolodus, Lufengoconodon, Malutitetrapodiscus, Malutitetrasauropodiscus, Marsupialia, Marsupionta, Mesotheria, Microderson, Miotheria, Molapopentapodiscus, Ovovivipara, Pachydermata, Pachypithecus, Pachypithecus macrognathus, Pansirenia, Paraeopentapodiscidae, Phoca aegyptiaca, Phoca aegyptiaca antiqua, Picunia, Plagiocoelus, Pleurodon, Praephoca, Praephoca bendullensis, Prensiculantia, Promammalia, Proplanodus, Proplanodus adnepos, Prostylophorus, Prostylophorus margeriei, Protobradidae, Protobradys, Protobradys harmonicus, Prototheria, Ptolemaiida, Sarcobora, Schadipes, Sederipes, Simioidea, Solipedia, Sororyctidae, Stenogenium aenigmaticum, Stylodontidae, Subungulata, Sukotyro, Thereuodontidae, Theriamorpha, Tikitherium, Trichechus hydropithecus, Tricorynopus, Trilobodon, Uintatheriamorpha, Volaticotheria, Wanotherium, Yinotheria
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Necrolestidae in the database