After McKenna & Bell, 1997, and Wroe & Musser, 2001, with Recent species from Nowak, 1991
Family -level taxonomy of all australidelphians.
<==o Australidelphia Szalay, 1982, in Archer, ed., 1982 |?- †Chulpasia mattaurei Crotchet & Sigé, 1993 |?- †Djarthia murgonensis Godthelp, Wroe & Archer, 1999 [Australidelphia incertae sedis] |?- †Numbigilga ernielundeliusi Beck, Archer, Godthelp, Mackness, Hand & Muirhead, 2008; E.Plioc. NEAust. [Numbigilgidae Beck, Archer, Godthelp, Mackness, Hand & Muirhead, 2008] |?- †Yingabalanara richardsoni Archer, Every, Godthelp, Hand & Scally, 1990; L.Mioc. Aust. [†Yingabalana; †Wierdodonta] [Yingabalanaridae Archer, Every, Godthelp & Scally, 1996] [Australidelphia incertae sedis] |-- Microbiotheria Ameghino, 1889 [taxonomic history] (woolly opossums; villakarvapussirotat) `--o Eometatheria Simpson, 1970 |?-o †Yalkaperidon Archer, Hand & Godthelp, 1988 [Yalkaperidontia Archer, Hand & Godthelp, 1988: Yalkaperidontidae Archer, Hand & Godthelp, 1988] | |-- †Y. coheni Archer, Hand & Godthelp, 1988 | `-- †Y. jonesi Archer, Hand & Godthelp, 1988 |--o Notoryctes Stirling, 1891 [Notorycteromorphia Kirsch, in Hunsaker, 1977: Notoryctidae Ogilby, 1892] (pussimaamyyrät) | |?- N. caurinus [=? N. typhlops] | `-- N. typhlops (pussimaamyyrä) `--+--o Dasyuromorphia Gill, 1872 [taxonomic history] (dasyurid-like marsupialian carnivores; australian pussipedot) | |?- †Mayigriphus orbus Wroe, 1997b | |?- †Joculosium muizoni Wroe, 1999b | |--o Myrmecobius fasciatus Waterhouse, 1838 [Myrmecobiidae Waterhouse, 1838] (marsupial anteater, numbat; pussimuurahaiskarhu, numbatti) | | |-- M. f. fasciatus Waterhouse, 1838 sensu Wood-Jones, 1923 | | `-- M. f. rufus Wood-Jones, 1923 | `--+-- †Thylacinidae Bonaparte, C. L., 1838 (pussihukat; marsupial wolves) | `-- Dasyuridae Goldfuss, 1820 (pienpussipedot) `--o Syndactyli Gill, 1871 [taxonomic history] (yhdysvarpaiset) |-- Peramelia Ameghino, 1889 [taxonomic history] (pussimäyrämäiset) `-- Diprotodontia Owen, 1866 [taxonomic history] (harvaetuhampaiset)
Reference(s):
- Beck, R. M. D., Archer, M., Godthelp, H., Mackness, B. S., Hand, S. J. & Muirhead, J., 2008: A Bizarre New Family of Marsupialia (Incertae sedis) from the Early Pliocene of Northeastern Australia: Implications for the Phylogeny of Bunodont Marsupials.
–Journal of Paleontology: Vol. 82, #4, pp. 749-762 [doi: doi:10.1666/06-124.1] - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Godthelp, H., Wroe, S. & Archer, M., 1999: A New marsupial from the Early Eocene Tingamarra Local Fauna of Murgon, Southeastern Queensland: A Prototypical Australian Marsupial?
–Journal of Mammalian Evolution: Vol. 6, #3, pp. 289-31 - McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631 - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's Mammals of the World; Part 1.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xlviii-642-lxiii - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's mammals of the World; Part 2.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xii-643-1629 - Wroe, S., Ebach, M. C., Ahyong, S. T., de Muizon, C. & Muirhead, J., 2000: Cladistic analysis of Dasyuromorphian (Marsupialia) phylogeny using cranial and dental characters.
–Journal of Mammalogy: Vol. 81, #4, pp. 1008-1024 - Wroe, S. & Musser, A., 2001: The skull of Nimbacinus dicksoni (Thylacinidae : Marsupialia).
–Australian Journal of Zoology: Vol. 49, pp. 487-514 [http://www.bio.usyd.edu.au/staff/swroe/Nimbacinus.pdf]
Special thanks to:
Jos H. M. Dols, for gathering additional information and missing species.