†suborder Pantolesta McKenna 1975 (eutherian)
Full reference: M. C. McKenna. 1975. Toward a phylogenetic classification of the Mammalia. Phylogeny of the Primates, Plenum Publishing, New York 21-46
Parent taxon: Cimolesta according to A. V. Lopatin 2006
See also McKenna 1975 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Apatotheria, Cimolestidae, Didelphodonta, Ernanodonta, Palaeoryctida, Pantodonta, Pentacodontidae, Sarcodontidae, Tillodontia, Todralestidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Ligniti di Monteviale (Oligocene of Italy)