After McKenna & Bell, 1997 and Asher, McKenna, Emry, Tabrum & Kron, 2002

Alternative phylogeny after Carroll, 1988

<==o Lipotyphla Haeckel, 1866 (modern insect-eaters; nykyhyönteissyöjät)
   |?-o †Adapisoriculidae
   |  |--o †Adapisoriculus Lemoine, 1885
   |  |  |?- †A? germanicus Russell, 1964 [=? Afrodon germanicus] [a tupaiid??]
   |  |  `-- †A. minimus Lemoine, 1885
   |  |--o †Afrodon Gheerbrant, 1988
   |  |  |-- †A. cleuhi Gheerbrant, 1988
   |  |  |-- †A. ivani López-Martínez & Peláez-Campomanes, 1999
   |  |  `-- †A. tagourtensis Gheerbrant, 1993
   |  `--o †Bustylus
   |     |-- †B. cernaysi Gheerbrant & Russell, 1991
   |     `-- †B. marandati (Crochet & Sigé, 1983) [Peradectes marandati Crochet & Sigé, 1983]
   |?-o †Widanelfarasia Seiffert & Simons, 2000
   |  |-- †W. bowni Seiffert & Simons, 2000
   |  `-- †W. rasmusseni Seiffert & Simons, 2000
   |-- †Micropternodontidae sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997
   `--+-- Erinaceomorpha Gregory, 1910 (hedgehog-like insect-eaters; siilimäiset hyönteissyöjät)
      `--+-- †Palaeoryctidae Winge, 1917 non Simpson, 1931b [also treated as a cimolest]
         `--+-- †Lipotyphla genera et species indet. Paleoc. NA. ["Silver Coulee apternodontid", Asher, McKenna, Emry, Tabrum & Kron, 2002]
            `--+?- Chrysochloroidea (Golden Moles and relatives; kultamyyriensukuiset hyönteissyöjät)
               `-- Soricomorpha Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 (shrew-like insect-eaters; päästäismäiset hyönteissyöjät)

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