Family Potamogalidae Allman 1866 (placental)
Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Potamogalidae
Full reference: G. J. Allman. 1866. On the Characters and Affinities of Insectivorous Mammals. Transactions of the Zoological Society 6(1):1-16
Parent taxon: Tenrecoidae according to R. J. Asher and K. M. Helgen 2010
See also Allman 1866, Flower 1883, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Gregory 1910, Jaekel 1911 and Schlosser 1877
Sister taxa: Afrosoricida, Chrysochloridae, Plesiorycteropus, Qatranilestes, Tenrecidae, Dilambdogale, Jawharia, Nanogale, Widanelfarasia
Subtaxa: Namagale Potamogale
Type: Potamogale
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution: found only at Eocliff (Eocene of Namibia)