After McKenna & Bell, 1997, Zonneveld, Gunnell & Bartels, 2000, Scott, Fox & Youzwyshyn, 2002, Alroy, 2002-, and Zack, Penkrot, Bloch & Rose, 2005
<==o †Hyopsodontidae Lydekker, 1889 |--+-- †Oxyprimus erikseni Van Valen, 1978 | |--+-- †Oxyprimus galadrielae Van Valen, 1978 | | `-- †Prothryptacodon albertensis Fox, 1968 [Oxyprimus albertensis (Fox, 1968) Van Valen, 1978] | `--+-- †Oxyprimus putorius | `-- †Oxytomodon perissum Gazin, 1941 |--o †Hyopsodus Leidy, 1870b | |?- †H. gracilis | |?- †H. loomisi | |?- †H. wardi | |-- †H. paulus Leidy, 1870b | |-- †H. marshi Osborn, 1902 | |-- †H. despiciens Matthew, 1909d | |-- †H. lepidus Matthew, 1909d | |-- †H. minusculus Leidy, 1873 [Cope, 1874?] | `-- †H. wortmani Osborn, 1902 |-- †Decoredon |?- †Yuodon |--o †Lessnessina | |-- †L. packmani Hooker, 1979 | |-- †L. praecipuus Godinot et al., 1987 | `-- †L. khushuensis Hooker & Dashzeveg, 2003 |-- †Palasiodon |--+--o †Utemylus Gingerich, 1983 | | |-- †U. latomius | | `-- †U. serior [Haplaletes serior] | `--o †Haplaletes Simpson, 1935 | |-- †Haplaletes andakupensis | `--+-- †Haplaletes disceptatrix Simpson, 1935 | `--+-- †Haplaletes pelicanus | `--+-- †Dorralestes diminutivus Gingerich, 1983 | `?-+--o Apheliscus Cope, 1875 [incl. Parapheliscus Van Valen, 1967 in partim] U.Pal. WNA. | | |-- †A. wapitiensis (Van Valen, 1967) [Parapheliscus wapitiensis Van Valen, 1967] | | |-- †A. chydaeus Gingerich, 1994 | | |-- †A. nitidus Simpson, 1937 | | `-- †A. insidiosus | `--+-- †Haplomylus speirianus Matthew, 1915 | `--+?- Macroscelidea sensu Tabuce et al., 2001, and Zack, Penkrot, Bloch & Rose, 2005 | `--o †Louisininae Sudre & Russell, 1982 | |?- †Monshyus | |--o †Paschatherium | | |-- †P. dolloi | | |-- †P. marianae | | `-- †P. sjongersi | `--+-- †Dipavali petri | `--o †Louisina | |-- †L. atavella | `--+-- †L. mirabilis | `--o †Microhyus Teilhard de Chardin, 1927; U.Pal.-L.Eoc. WEu. | |-- †M. musculus Teilhard de Chardin, 1927 | `-- †M. reisi Antunes, Estravis & Russell, 1987 `--o †Tricuspiodontinae Simpson, 1929 `--o †Litomylus Simpson, 1935a sensu lato [paraphyletic] |?- †L. grandaletes Scott, Fox & Youzwyshyn, 2002 |?- †L. osceolae Van Valen, 1978 |-- †L. scaphicus Gazin, 1956a |-- †L. orthronepius Johnston & Fox, 1984 `--+-- ?†L. ishami Gazin, 1956a |?- ?†L. ishami Winterfeld, 1982 [=? cf. ?L. ishami Gazin, 1956a] |-- †L. dissentaneus Simpson, 1935 |--o †Litocherus Gingerich, 1983 [Litocherinae] [has been a Erinaceomorph insectivore] | |-- †L. lacunatus | |-- †L. notissimus | `-- †L. zygeus Gingerich, 1983 `--o †Aletodon Gingerich, 1977 [Platymastus] |-- †A. gunnelli |-- †A. conardae |-- †A. mellon `-- †A. quadravus
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