After McKenna & Bell, 1997, Sigogneau-Russell, 2003, Kielan-Jaworowska, Cifelli & Luo, 2004, and Ji, Luo, Yuan & Tabrum, 2006
<==o †Docodonta Kretzoi, 1958 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997 [Docodontiformes Kinman, 1994, incl. Tegotheridia Tatarinov, 1994] |?- †Delsatia rhupotopi Sigogneau-Russell & Godefroit, 1997 |?- †Dinnetherium nezorum Jenkins, Crompton & Downs, 1983 [Dinnetheriidae?] [Morganucodonta: Megazostrodontidae sensu Kielan-Jaworowska, Cifelli & Luo, 2004] `--+--o Megazostrodontidae Cow, 1986 [Morganucodonta sensu Kielan-Jaworowska, Cifelli & Luo, 2004 (in partim)] | |-- †Indozostrodon simpsoni Datta & Das, 2001 | `-- †Megazostrodon rudnerae Crompton & Jenkins, 1968 `--o †Docodontidae (Marsh, 1887) Simpson, 1929 [Docodonta sensu Kielan-Jaworowska, Cifelli & Luo, 2004] [Synonyms] |-- †Cyrtlatherium canei Freeman, 1979 sensu Sigogneau-Russell, 2001 |--+--+?- †Haldanodon exspectatus Kühne & Krusat, 1972 sensu Sigoneau-Russell, 2003 | | `--o †Borealestes Waldman & Savage, 1972 | | |-- †B. serendipitus Waldman & Savage, 1972 | | `-- †B. mussetti Sigogneau-Russell, 2003 | `--+-- †Dsugarodon zuoi Pfretzschner & Martin in Pfretzschner, Martin, Maisch, Matzke & Sun, 2005 | `--+-- †Castorocauda lutrasimilis Ji, Luo, Yuan & Tabrum, 2006 | `--+--o †Simpsonodon Kermack, Lee, Lees & Mussett, 1987 | | |?- †S. splendens (Kühne, 1969) [= Henkelotherium guimarotae (Krebs, 1991), a paurodont] | | `-- †S. oxfordensis Kermack, Lee, Lees & Mussett, 1987 [S. oxfordiensis (lapsus calami)] | `--+-- †Krusatodon kirtlingtonensis Sigogneau-Russell, 2003 | `?-o †Tegotheriidae Tararinov, 1994 | |-- †Itatodon tatarinovi Lopatin & Averianov, 2005 | |-- †Tashkumyrodon desideratus Martin & Averianov, 2004 | |-- †Tegotherium gubini Tatarinov, 1994 | `-- †Sibirotherium rossicus Maschenko, Lopatin & Voronkevich, 2002 `--+?- †Reigitherium bunodontum Bonaparte, 1990 [Reigitheriidae Bonaparte, 1990] [Mammalia incertae sedis sensu Kielan-Jaworowska, Cifelli & Luo, 2004] |--o †Peraiocynodon Simpson, 1928 [Docodon Marsh, 1881 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997, and Kielan-Jaworowska, Cifelli & Luo, 2004] | |-- †P. inexpectatus Simpson, 1928 | `-- †P. major Sigogneau-Russell, 2003 `--o †Docodon Marsh, 1881 [taxonomic history] |-- †D. victor (Marsh, 1880) [taxonomic history] |-- †D. striatus (Marsh, 1880) [taxonomic history] |-- †D. affinis |-- †D. grassus [taxonomic history] `-- †D. superus (Simpson, 1929) [taxonomic history]
Alternative phylogeny after Pfretzschner, Martin, Maisch, Matzke & Sun, 2005
<==o †Docodonta Kretzoi, 1958 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997 [Docodontiformes Kinman, 1994, incl. Tegotheridia Tatarinov, 1994] `--o †Docodontidae (Marsh, 1887) Simpson, 1929 [Docodonta sensu Kielan-Jaworowska, Cifelli & Luo, 2004] [Synonyms] |--+-- †Borealestes Waldman & Savage, 1972 | `--+-- †Haldanodon Kühne & Krusat, 1972 sensu Sigoneau-Russell, 2003 | `-- †Docodon Marsh, 1881 [taxonomic history] `--+-- †Tashkumyrodon Martin & Averianov, 2004 |-- †Sibirotherium Maschenko, Lopatin & Voronkevich, 2002 `--+-- †Tegotherium Tatarinov, 1994 `--+-- †Krusatodon Sigogneau-Russell, 2003 `--+-- †Dsugarodon Pfretzschner & Martin in Pfretzschner, Martin, Maisch, Matzke & Sun, 2005 `-- †Simpsonodon Kermack, Lee, Lees & Mussett, 1987
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Special thanks to:
Jos H. M. Dols, for gathering additional information and species of these animals.