Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Apternodontidae
Alternative spelling: Apternsdontidae
Parent taxon: Soricoidea according to G. F. Gunnell et al. 2008
See also Hay 1930, Jaekel 1911, Korth et al. 2022, Lopatin 2006 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Micropternodontidae, Nyctitheriidae, Oligoryctidae, Parapternodontidae
Subtaxa: Apternodontinae Apternodus Asiapternodontinae Iconapternodus Oligoryctinae Parapternodontinae
Type: Apternodus
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: Wyoming collection)
• Eocene to Oligocene of China (1), United States (2: Nebraska, Wyoming)
• Eocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan), China (2), Mongolia (1), United States (34: California, Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 44 collections including 50 occurrences