Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Grandorder Archonta Gregory, 1910
Mirorder Primatomorpha Beard, 1991
Order †Plesiadapiformes Simons & Tattersall, 1972
see Suborder Plesiadapiformes Simons & Tattersall, 1972
Superfamily †Plesiadapoidea Trouessart, 1897
Family †Carpolestidae Simpson, 1935
Genus †Elphidotarsius Gidley, 1923
†Elphidotarsius shotgunensis Gazin, 1971