†family Paroxyclaenidae Weitzel (placental)
Mammalia - Condylarthra - Paroxyclaenidae
Synonym: Kochictidae Kretzoi 1943
Parent taxon: Condylarthra according to J. J. Hooker 1986
See also Carroll 1988 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Desmatoclaenus, Didolodontoidea, Hyopsodontidae, Meniscotheridae, Pleuraspidotheriidae
Subtaxa: Kopidodon Merialinae Paroxyclaeninae Paroxyclaenus Pugiodens Spaniella Vulpavoides
Type: Paroxyclaeninae
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (7 collections), Germany (4), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 14 collections including 16 occurrences