†subfamily Dyspterninae Kretzoi 1943 (placental)
Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Pantolestoidae
Parent taxon: Pantolestidae according to D. Dashzeveg and D. E. Russell 1992
See also Lopatin 2006 and Russell and Godinot 1988
Sister taxa: Aatotomus, Androconus, Bessoecetor, Bogdia, Buxolestes, Leptonysson, Pagonomus, Palaeosinopa, Pantolestes, Pantolestinae, Pantomimus, Pentacodon, Premontrelestes, Propalaeosinopa, Thelysia
Subtaxa: Cryptopithecus Dyspterna Gobiopithecus Kiinkerishella Kochictis
Ecology: amphibious piscivore-durophage
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Belgium (1 collection)
• Eocene of Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (1), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence