†family Asioryctidae Kielan-Jaworowska 1981 (eutherian)
Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Asioryctidae
Alternative spelling: Asioryctinae
Full reference: K. Kielan-Jaworowska. 1981. Evolution of the therian mammals in the Late Cretaceous of Asia. Part IV. Skull structure in Kennalestes and Asioryctes. Palaeontologia Polonica 42:25-78
Parent taxon: Asioryctitheria according to M. J. Novacek et al. 1997
See also Kielan-Jaworowska 1981 and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Bulaklestes, Daulestes, Kennalestes, Kennalestidae, Sasayamamylos, Uchkudukodon, Ukhaatherium
Subtaxa: Asioryctes
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mongolia (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence