After Carroll, 1988, McKenna & Bell, 1997, and Asher, McKenna, Emry, Tabrum & Kron, 2002, with some fossil species from “The Paleobiology Database”
<==o Soricomorpha Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 (shrew-like insect-eaters; päästäismäiset hyönteissyöjät) |?- †Geomana |?- †Otlestes meiman Nesov, 1985 [Otlestidae] [basal placental??] |--o †Geolabididae McKenna, 1960 [are didelphodonts?? (McKenna & Bell, 1997)] | |-- †Batodon tenuis Marsh, 1892 [is a didelphodont?? (McKenna & Bell, 1997)] | `--+--o †Centetodon Marsh, 1872 [Embassis Cope, 1873; Geolabis Cope, 1884; Hypacodon McKenna, 1960; Metacodon Clark, 1936] | | |-- †C. aztecus Lillegraven et al., 1981 | | |-- †C.? bacchanalis (McGrew et al., 1959) | | |-- †C. bembicophagus Lillegraven et al., 1981 | | |-- †C. chadronensis Lillegraven et al., 1981 | | |-- †C. divaricatus Korth, 1992 | | |-- †C. hendryi Lillegraven et al., 1981 | | |-- †C. kuenzii Lillegraven et al., 1981 | | |-- †C. magnus (Clark, 1936) [Metacodon magnus Clark, 1936] | | |-- †C. marginalis (Cope, 1873) [Embassis alternans Cope, 1873; Geolabis rhynchaeus Cope, 1884; Metacodon mellingeri Patterson & McGrew, 1937] | | |-- †C. neashami Bown & Schankler, 1982 | | |-- †C. patratus Bown & Schankler, 1982 | | |-- †C. pulcher Marsh, 1872 [Hypacodon praecursor McKenna, 1960] | | `-- †C. wolffi (Macdonald, 1965) | `--+-- †Marsholestes dasypelix (Matthew, 1909) McKenna & Haase, 1992 [Myolestes Matthew, 1909, non Myolestes Brèhes, 1904, a asilid dipteran (insect)] | `--o †Batodontoides | |-- †B. powayensis | `-- †B. vanhouteni `--o Soricoidea Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1998 (Shrews and relatives; päästäisensukuiset hyönteissyöjät) |--o †Nesophontes [Nesophontidae] | |-- †N. edithae | |-- †N. longirostris | |-- †N. micrus | |-- †N. paramictus | |-- †N. hypomicrus | |-- †N. zamicrus | |?- †N. major | `?- †N. submicrus `--+--o Solenodon [Solenodontidae] (almikit) | |-- (Solenodon) paradoxus (haitinalmikki) | `-- (Atopogale) cubanus (kuubanalmikki) `--+-- Tenrecoidea [Zalambdodonta] (Tanrecs and relatives; tanrekkiensukuiset hyönteissyöjät) `-- Soricoidea Fischer von Waldheim, 1817 (Shrews and relatives; päästäisensukuiset hyönteissyöjät)
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