Mikko's Phylogeny Archive MainGroups of Non-Therian Mammals   Mammaliaformes -families

After Rowe, 1988, Luo, 1994 and McKenna & Bell, 1997

<==o Mammaliaformes sensu Rowe, 1988 [Mammalia sensu lato]
   |?- †Sinoconodontidae
   `--+?- †Theroteinidae
      |?- †Kollikodontidae Flannery et al., 1995
      `--+?- †Morganucodontidae
         |?-o †Haramiyida Hahn, 1973
         |  `-- †Haramiyidae Simpson, 1947 sensu Jenkins et al., 1997
         `--+?-o †DOCODONTA
            |  |-- †Megazostrodontidae
            |  `-- †Docodontidae
            `--o MAMMALIA sensu stricto (nisäkkäät)
               |?-o Prototheria [Monotremata] (nokkaeläimet)
               |  |--o Platypoda (platypodes; vesinokkaeläimet)
               |  |  `-- Ornithorhynchidae [incl. Steropodontidae] (platypodes; vesinokkaeläimet)
               |  `--o Tachyglossa
               |     `-- Tachyglossidae (nokkasiilit)
               `--o Theriiformes [Theriimorpha]
                  |?- †Allotheria (multituberkulaatit; multituberculates)
                  `--+--o †Triconodonta
                     |  |-- †Austrotriconodontidae
                     |  `--o Eutriconodonta
                     |     |--o †Amphilestidae [incl. Gobiconodontidae]
                     |     |  |-- †Amphilestinae
                     |     |  `-- †Gobiconodontinae
                     |     `--o †Triconodontidae
                     |        |-- †Alticonodontinae
                     |        `-- †Triconodontinae
                     `-- Holotheria [Theria] ("higher mammals"; "korkeammat nisäkkäät")

Reference(s):

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 Carrol, R. L. 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698

Cifelli, R. L., Wible, J. R. & Jenkins, F. A. jr., 1998: Triconodont mammals from the Cloverly Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Montana and Wyoming.
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 18, #1, pp. 237-241

Flynn, J. J., Parrish, J. M., Rakotosamimanana, B., Simpson, W. F., Whatley, R. L., & Wyss, A. R., 1999: A Triassic fauna form Madagaskar, including early dinosaurs.
–Science: Vol. 286, 22 October, pp. 763-765

Flannery, T. F., Archer, M., Rich, T. H. & Jones, R., 1995: A new family of monotremes from the Cretaceous of Australia.
–Nature: Vol. 377, 5 October, pp. 418-420

Jenkins, F. A. Jr., Gatesy, S. M., Shubin, N. H. & Amarai, W. W., 1997: Haramiyids and Triassic mammalian evolution.
–Nature: Vol. 385, 20 February, pp. 715-718

Ji, Q., Luo, Z. & Ji, S.-A., 1999: A chinese triconodont mammal and mosaic evolution of the mammalian skeleton.
–Nature: Vol. 398, 28March, pp.326-330

Luo, Z. 1994: Sister-group relationships of mammals and transformations of diagnostic mammalian characters. 98-128.
in Fraser, N. C. & Sues, H-D. (eds.) 1994: In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs.
–Cambridge University Press, New York. 1994. x-435

Luo, Z, & Wu, X-C., 1994: The small tetrapods of the Lower Lufeng Formation, Yunnan, China. 251-270
in Fraser, N. C. & Sues, H-D. (eds.) 1994: In the Shadow of the Dinosaurs.
–Cambridge University Press, New York, 1994, x-435

McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631