Mammalia - Proteutheria - Palaeoryctidae
Parent taxon: Proteutheria according to K. Kielan-Jaworowska 1981
See also Carroll 1988, Gheerbrant 1992, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 1979, Lopatin 2006, McKenna and Bell 1997, Prasad et al. 1994, Scott et al. 2002, Sloan and Van Valen 1965 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Endotherioidea, Leptictoidea, Mixotheridia, Nosella, Palaeoryctoidea
Subtaxa: Aaptoryctes Aceroryctes Deltatheridiinae Didelphodontinae Eoryctes Jarveia Lainoryctes Nuryctes Ottoryctes Palaeoryctes Palaeoryctinae Pararyctes Pinoryctes Voltaia
Type: Palaeoryctes
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene to Oligocene of China (1 collection)
• Eocene of France (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mongolia (3), Morocco (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (18: California, Utah, Wyoming)
• Clarkforkian of United States (5: Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Canada (15: Alberta, Saskatchewan), China (1), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (1), Morocco (3), United States (25: Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of Mongolia (1), Spain (1), United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 83 collections including 104 occurrences