Mammalia - Lipotyphla - Erinaceidae
Synonym: Eolestes Bown and Schankler 1982 [replaced name]
Full reference: P. A. Holroyd, T. M. Bown, and D. M. Schankler. 2004. Auroralestes, gen. nov., a replacement name for Eolestes Bown and Schankler, 1982, a preoccupied name. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(4):979
Parent taxon: Erinaceidae according to M. J. Novacek et al. 1985
Sister taxa: Amphechinus, Brachyericinae, Cedrocherus, Dartonius, Dimylechinus, Entomolestes, Erinaceinae, Galericinae, Galerix, Hylomyinae, Lanthanotherium, Leipsanolestes, Litolestes, Neurogymnurus, Oncocherus, Palaeoscaptor, Parvericius, Proterix, Stenoechinus, Tupaiodontinae, Untermannerix, Messelina
Subtaxa: Auroralestes simpsoni
Type: Leipsanolestes simpsoni
Ecology: semifossorial insectivore-carnivore