†Naranius Russell and Dashzeveg 1986 (placental mammal)
Mammalia - Cimolesta - Cimolestidae
Full reference: D. E. Russell and D. Dashzeveg. 1986. Early Eocene insectivores (Mammalia) from the People's Republic of Mongolia. Palaeontology 29:269-291
Parent taxon: Cimolestidae according to K. C. Beard and M. R. Dawson 2009
Sister taxa: Alveugena, Batodon, Betonnia, Chacopterygus, Cimolestes, Gelastops, Maelestes, Procerberus, Puercolestes, Suratilestes, Telacodon
Subtaxa: Naranius americanus, Naranius infrequens
Type: Naranius infrequens
Ecology: scansorial insectivore