Suborder Insectivora Bowdich 1821 (insectivoran)
Parent taxon: Sarcobora according to F. Ameghino 1897
See also Ameghino 1894, Cope 1889, Flower 1883, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Gregory 1910, Gunnell 1989, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Lillegraven and McKenna 1986, McKenna 1975, Novacek et al. 1985, Nowak 1991, Shoshani et al. 1989 and Sloan and Van Valen 1965
Sister taxon: Dasyura
Subtaxa: Aethomylos Apatemyoidea Centetoidea Erinaceota Mixodectoidea Myogalidae Mythomyidae Potamogalidae Pseudictops Scalopidae Tillodonta Tupaiiformes