After McKenna & Bell, 1997, and Kielan-Jaworowska, Cifelli & Luo, 2004
<==o †Amphilestidae Osborn, 1888 |?- †Liaotherium gracile Zhou, Cheng & Wang, 1991 `--o †Amphilestinae (Osborn, 1888) |-- †Amphilestes broderipii Owen, 1845 |-- †Aploconodon comoensis Simpson, 1925 |--+-- †Comodon gidleyi (Simpson, 1925) Kretzoi & Kretzoi, 2000 [Phascolodon gidleyi Simpson, 1925; Phascolotheridium gidleyi (Simpson) Cifelli RL & Dykes TD, 2001] | |-- †Hakusanodon archaeus Rourier, Isaji & Manabe, 2007; E.Cret. EAs. | `-- †Juchilestes liaoningensis Gao, Wilson, Luo, Maga, Meng & Wang, 2009; E.Cret. EAs. |-- †Klamelia zhaopengi Chow & Rich, 1984 |-- ?†Paikasigudodon yadagirii (Prasad & Manhas, 1997) Prasad & Manhas, 2002 [Kotatherium yadagirii Prasad & Manhas, 1997] |-- †Phascolotherium bucklandi Broderip, 1828 [Didelphys Broderip, 1828; Thylacotherium Valenciennes, 1838] |-- †Tendagurodon janenschi Heinrich, 1998 `-- †Triconolestes curvicuspis Engelmann & Callison, 1998
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Special thanks to:
Jos H. M. Dols, for gathering additional information and species.