Mammalia - Soricomorpha - Nyctitheriidae
Parent taxon: Nyctitheriidae according to A. V. Lopatin 2006
See also Hooker 1986 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Amphidozotheriinae, Asionyctiinae, Eosoricodontinae, Indonyctia, Leptacodon, Limaconyssus, Myolestes, Nyctitherium, Paradoxonycteris soricodon, Placentidentinae, Praolestinae, Protentomodon, Talpilestinae, Yuanqulestes
Subtaxa: Cryptotopos Euronyctia Oligonyctia Plagioctenodon Saturninia Scraeva Sigenyctia
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Belgium (2 collections), France (4), Germany (16)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), France (22), Germany (1), Spain (3), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (18), United States (8: Mississippi, Wyoming)
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Canada (1: Alberta), United States (11: Wyoming)
Total: 90 collections including 138 occurrences