Mammalia - Cimolesta - Sarcodontidae
Alternative spelling: Sarcodontinae
Full reference: A. V. Lopatin and P. E. Kondrashov. 2004. Sarcodontinae, a new subfamily of micropternodontid insectivores from the early Paleocene-middle Eocene of Asia. in Paleogene Mammals, S. G. Lucas, K. E. Zeigler, and P.E. Kondrashov (eds.), New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin (26)177-184
Parent taxon: Cimolesta according to P. Missiaen and T. Smith 2008
See also Lopatin 2006 and Lopatin and Kondrashov 2004
Sister taxa: Apatotheria, Cimolestidae, Didelphodonta, Ernanodonta, Palaeoryctida, Pantodonta, Pantolesta, Pentacodontidae, Tillodontia, Todralestidae
Subtaxa: Carnilestes Hyracolestes Metasarcodon Prosarcodon Sarcodon
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (2 collections), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mongolia (2)
• Paleocene of China (10), Mongolia (3)
Total: 18 collections including 23 occurrences