Parent taxon: Mammaliaformes according to Q.-J. Meng et al. 2015
See also Averianov et al. 2005, Averianov and Lopatin 2011, Carroll 1988, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kron 1979, Martin and Averianov 2004, McKenna 1975, Olson 1966, Pascual et al. 2000, Waldman and Savage 1972 and Zhou et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Adelobasileus, Amphilestheria, Bocaconodon, Hadrocodium, Haramiyida, Kuehneotheriidae, Mammalia, Morganucodonta, Sinoconodon
Subtaxa: Agilodocodon Castorocauda Docodontidae Docofossor Itatodon Simpsonodontidae Tashkumyrodon Tegotheriidae
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (3 collections), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Jurassic of China (5), India (1), Kyrgyzstan (4), Mongolia (1), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (8), United States (11: Colorado, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 39 collections including 58 occurrences