After McKenna & Bell, 1997, with species from Alroy, 2002, and other unspecified sources
Alternative phylogeny after Alroy, 2002
<==o †Didelphodonta McKenna, 1995 `--o †Cimolestidae Marsh, 1889 [taxonomic history] |?-o †Aboletylestes D.E. Russell, 1964; U.Paleoc. Af. Eu. [treated as cimolestid by McKenna & Bell, 1997] | |-- †A. hypselus Russell 1964 | `-- †A. robustus Gheerbrant, 1992 |?- †Alveugena carbonensis Eberle, 1999; L.Palaeoc. NA. |-- †Batodon tenuis Marsh, 1892 [is a soricomorph??] |?-+--o †Didelphodus Cope, 1882b [Didelphyodus, Phenacops] [treated as paleoryctid] | | |--+-- †D. absarokae | | | `-- †D. altidens (Marsh, 1872) | | `--+-- †D. rheos | | `-- †D. serus | `--+-- †Avunculus didephodonti Van Valen, 1966; U.Paleoc. NA. [treated as paleoryctid] | `--+-- †Acmeodon secans Matthew & Granger, 1921; L.-U.Paleoc. NA. [treated as paleoryctid] | `--o †Gelastops Simpson, 1935d [†Emperodon Simpson, 1935d]; L.-U.Paleoc. NA. [treated as paleoryctid] | |-- †G. joni | `-- †G. parcus Simpson, 1935d [†Emperodon acmeodontoides Simpson, 1935d; Gelastops parcus Simpson; Simpson,1937a, Van Valen,1966] |?- †Paleotomus Van Valen, 1967; U.Paleoc. NA. [recently treated as a pantolestid] |?- †Tinerhodon disputatum Gheerbrant, 1995; U.Paleoc. ?Eu. NWAf. |?- †Protentomodon ursirivalis Simpson, 1928a; U.Paleoc. NA. [treated as pantolestid by Alroy (2002)] |?- †Ilerdoryctes Marandat, 1989; L.Eoc. Eu. |?- †Tsaganius ambiguus D.E. Russell & Dashzeveg, 1986; L.Eoc. As. [treated as paleoryctid] `--+?-o †Gallolestes Lillegraven, 1976 [is a zhelestid?? Also listed as a Leptictida incertae sedis by McKenna & Bell, 1997] | |-- †G. pachymandibularis Lillegraven, 1976 | `-- †G. agujaensis Cifelli, 1994 `--+--o †Procerberus Sloan & Van Valen, 1965; L.Paleoc. NA. | |-- †P. andetiticus | |-- †P. formicarum Sloan & Van Valen, 1965 | |-- †P. grandis | `-- †P. plutonis Van Valem 1978 `--+?- †Telacodon laevis Marsh, 1892 `--o †Cimolestes Marsh, 1889 [incl. †Nyssodon Simpson, 1927; Puercolestes Reynolds, 1936] U.Cret.-L.Paleoc. NA., ?L.Paleoc. SA., U.Paleoc. Af. |-- †C. incisus Marsh, 1889 [Nyssodon incisus, Puercolestes incisus] |-- †C. magnus Clemens & Russell, 1965 |-- †C. cerberoides Lillagraven, 1969 |-- †C. propaleoryctes Lillagraven, 1969 |-- †C. stirtoni `-- †C. sp.
Reference(s):
- Alroy, J., 2002: North American fossil mammal systematics database.
–iNet: North American fossil mammal systematics database: http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/~alroy/nafmsd.html - 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. - Eberle, J. J., 1999: Bridging the transition between didelphodonts and taeniodonts.
–Journal of Paleontology: Vol. 73, No. 5, pp. 936-944 [from abstract] - McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631