Full reference: C. Diedrich. 2011. The world's oldest fossil seal record. Natural Science 3(11):914-920
Belongs to Praephoca according to C. Diedrich 2011
Sister taxa: Allotheria, Ameghinichnidae, Amphidontidae, Atlasodon, Bellua, Bondesiidae, Cimolomidae, Diplocynodontidae, Dipriodontidae, Ditremata, Docodonta, Eotheria, Erecta, Eutriconodonta, Ferugliotheriidae, Fruitafossor, Gobiconodontidae, Gobiotheriodon, Hakusanodon, Helioseus, Holotheria, Hypotheria, Hypsiprymnopsis, Ilerdoryctes, Jeholodentidae, Juchilestes, Kuehneotheriidae, Likhoeletherium, Lophiodolodus, Lufengoconodon, Malutitetrasauropodiscus, Microderson, Molapopentapodiscus, Monotremata, Morganucodonta, Natantia, Ovovivipara, Pleurodon, Polyprotodonta, Prensiculantia, Promammalia, Prototheria, Sarcobora, Schadipes, Simioidea, Sororyctidae, Subungulata, Thereuodontidae, Theriamorpha, Tikitherium, Tricuspes, Vincelestes, Volaticotheria, Wanotherium, Yinotheria
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dalum, which is in a Lutetian marine conglomerate in the Fürstenau Formation of Germany
Ecology: scansorial insectivore