 "Volaticotherium", described in 2006, provided a fairly complete skeleton and led to the erection of a distinct family, Volaticotheridae, and order, Volaticotheria, to house the genus, and allowed "Ichthyoconodon" to be recognized as a potential relative.Volaticotheria was considered the sister taxon of a clade comprising eutriconodonts, multituberculates, and trechnotheres.However, not long after, an eutriconodont identity was suspected, and Volaticotheria has since fallen into disuse.