After McKenna & Bell, 1997, Rougier, Novacek, McKenna & Wible, 2001, and Kielan-Jaworowska, Cifelli & Luo, 2004
<==o †Triconodontidae Marsh, 1887 |--o ?†Triconodontinae Marsh, 1887 non Hay, 1902 | |-- †Triconodon mordax Owen, 1859 | |--o †Priacodon Marsh, 1887 [Tinodon; Triconodon Owen, 1859] | | |-- †P. fruitaensis Rasmussen & Callison, 1981 | | |-- †P. robustus (Marsh, 1879) [Tinodon robustus] | | |-- †P. ferox (Marsh, 1880) [Tinodon ferox] | | |-- †P. grandaevus Simpson, 1925 [Tinodon grandaevus] | | `-- †P. lulli Simpson, 1925 [Tinodon lulli] | `--o †Trioracodon Simpson, 1928 (non Owen, 1871) [Triconodon Owen, 1859] | |-- †T. ferox (Owen, 1871) | |-- †T. major (Owen, 1871) | |-- †T. bisulcus (Marsh, 1880) [Triconodon bisulcus Marsh, 1880] | `-- †T. oweni Simpson, 1928 `--o †Alticonodontinae Fox, 1976 |-- †Jugulator amplissimus Cifelli & Madsen, 1998 |-- †Alticonodon lindoei Fox, 1969 `--+?- †Arundelconodon hottoni Cifelli, Lipka, Schaff & Rowe, 1999 |--o †Corviconodon Cifelli, Wible, & Jenkins, 1998 | |-- †C. utahensis Cifelli & Madsen, 1998 | `-- †C. montanensis Cifelli, Wible, & Jenkins, 1998 `--o †Astroconodon Patterson, 1951 |-- †A. denisoni Patterson, 1951 `-- †A. delicatus Cifelli & Madsen, 1998
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 Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698 - Cifelli, R. L. & Madsen, S. K., 1998: Triconodont mammals from the medial Cretaceous of Utah.
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–iNet: Mesozoic mammals – an internet directory: http://home.nexgo.de/ktdykes/doctridon.htm - Ji, Q., Luo, Z. & Ji, S.-A., 1999: A chinese triconodont mammal and mosaic evolution of the mammalian skeleton.
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–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631 - Rougier, G. W., Novacek, M. J., McKenna, M. C. & Wible, J. R., 2001: Gobiconodonts from the Early Cretaceous of Oshih (Ashile), Mongolia.
–American Museum Novitates: #3348, pp. 1-30
Special thanks to:
Jos H. M. Dols, for gathering additional information and species.