Infraorder Pilosa Flower 1883 (edentate)
PaleoDB taxon number: 43594
Synonym: Anicanodonta Ameghino 1889 (taxon 147573)
Parent taxon: Xenarthra according to H. G. McDonald and O. Carranza-Castaņeda 2017
Sister taxa: Adiastaltus, Anathitus, Argyromanis, Cingulata, Ernanodontidae, Minerva, Myrmecophagi, Orthoarthrus, Phyllophaga, Placophori, Dasypoda, Entelops dispar, Trematherium intermixtum, Nomarthra, Glyptodontia
Subtaxa: Folivora, Megalonychidae, Megatherioidea, Vermilingua
Ecology: scansorial insectivore