†Spalacotherium Owen 1854 (mammal)
Mammalia - Theriiformes - Spalacotheriidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 66820
Full reference: R. Owen. 1854. On some fossil reptilian and mammalian remains from the Purbecks. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 10:420-433
Parent taxon: Spalacotheriidae according to G. Han and J. Meng 2016
Sister taxa: Akidolestes, Infernolestes, Peralestes, Spalacolestinae, Symmetrolestes
Subtaxa: Spalacotherium evansae, Spalacotherium henkeli, Spalacotherium hookeri, Spalacotherium taylori, Spalacotherium tricuspidens, Spalacotherium tricuspis
Ecology: scansorial insectivore