Parent taxon: Mammalia according to Z.-X. Luo et al. 2011
See also Averianov and Lopatin 2011, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Luo et al. 2001, Luo et al. 2003 and Rowe et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Acrotheria, Allotheria, Ameghinichnidae, Ameghinichnus, Anagonia, Anagonia insulata, Anisorhizus, Anisorhizus atriarius, Apotheria, Aquila ferox, Archaeorycteropus patagonicus, Arrhinolemuroidea, Atlasodon, Bellua, Bondesiidae, Bunotheria, Cimolomidae, Diplodon ampliatus, Diplodonops, Dipodiscidae, Dipriodontidae, Ditremata, Eopentapodiscidae, Eotetrapodiscus, Eotheria, Erecta, Erythrotherium, Eutriconodonta, Eutrochodon, Florentinoameghinia, Fruitafossor, Gobiotheriodon, Helioseus, Holotheria, Holotheria, Homunculus imago, Hypotheria, Isolophodon aplanatus, Likhoeletherium, Lophiodolodus, Lufengoconodon, Malutitetrapodiscus, Malutitetrasauropodiscus, Marsupialia, Marsupionta, Mesotheria, Microderson, Miotheria, Molapopentapodiscus, Necrolestidae, Ovovivipara, Pachydermata, Pachypithecus, Pachypithecus macrognathus, Pansirenia, Paraeopentapodiscidae, Phoca aegyptiaca, Phoca aegyptiaca antiqua, Picunia, Plagiocoelus, Pleurodon, Praephoca, Praephoca bendullensis, Prensiculantia, Promammalia, Proplanodus, Proplanodus adnepos, Prostylophorus, Prostylophorus margeriei, Protobradidae, Protobradys, Protobradys harmonicus, Prototheria, Ptolemaiida, Sarcobora, Schadipes, Sederipes, Simioidea, Solipedia, Sororyctidae, Stenogenium aenigmaticum, Stylodontidae, Subungulata, Sukotyro, Thereuodontidae, Theriamorpha, Tikitherium, Trichechus hydropithecus, Tricorynopus, Trilobodon, Uintatheriamorpha, Volaticotheria, Wanotherium, Yinotheria
Subtaxa: Ambondro Ausktribosphenida Ausktribosphenos Bishops Henosferidae Monotremata
Ecology: scansorial insectivore