Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Plesiosoricidae
Synonym: Butselidae Quinet and Misonne 1965
Parent taxon: Soricomorpha according to R. Ziegler 2009
See also Gunnell et al. 2008, Korth and Evander 2016, Lopatin 2006, McKenna and Bell 1997, Novacek et al. 1985 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Changlelestidae, Geolabididae, Nycticonodon, Soricidae, Soricoidea, Soricota
Subtaxa: Butselia Butseliinae Ordolestes Pakilestes Plesiosorex Plesiosoricinae Pseudoneurogymnurus Siamosorex
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (5: Nebraska collections)
• Miocene of Austria (3), Germany (5), Greece (1), Hungary (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Switzerland (6), United States (22: Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota)
• Oligocene of Belgium (2), Germany (3), Thailand (1)
• Eocene of Mexico (1), Mongolia (1), Pakistan (1)
Total: 56 collections including 58 occurrences