Caenolestes Thomas 1895 (common shrew opossum)
Osteichthyes - Paucituberculata - Caenolestidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 196736
Synonym: Hyracodon Tomes 1863 (taxon 196735)
Parent taxon: Caenolestidae according to F. J. Goin et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Caenolestinae, Eomannodon, Perulestes, Pliolestes, Progarzonia, Rhyncholestes, Stilotherium, Prepanorthus, Essoprion, Epanorthus, Palaepanorthus, Paraepanorthus, Halmadromus, Halmaselus, Callomenus, Pilchenia, Metaepanorthus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: scansorial insectivore