After McKenna & Bell, 1997, Lim, Martin & Wilson, 2001, Lim & Martin, 2002, and X Wang, Qiu & B Wang, 2004
<==o †Leptarctinae Gazin, 1936 sensu Qiu & Schmidt-Kittler, 1982 |?- †Trocharion albanense Forsyth Major, 1903 [Promephitis gaudryi Schlosser, 1902; Pilgrim, 1933a, Wang, & Qiu, 2004] |?-o †Hypsoparia Dorr, 1954 | |-- †H. bozemanensis Dorr, 1954 [L. primus, in partim] | `-- †H. timmi Lim & Martin, 2002 |--+-- †Schultzogale inexpecta Lim & Martin, 2000 | `-- †Kinometaxia guangpui X Wang, Qiu & B Wang, 2004 `--+-- †Craterogale simus Gazin, 1936 `--o †Leptarctus Leidy, 1856 [Hypsoparia Dorr, 1954; Mephititaxus White, 1941] |-- †L. ancipidens |-- †L. wortmani |-- †L. primus |-- †L. oregonensis |-- †L. martini |-- †L. progressus `-- †L. supremus Lim, Martin & Wilson, 2001
Reference(s):
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from the Late Miocene of Texas.
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