After Alroy, 2002
<==o Didelphodonta McKenna, 1975 |?-o ?†Geolabididae [are insectivorans??] | |-- †Batodon tenuis Marsh, 1892 | `--+--o †Centetodon Marsh, 1872 [Embassis, Geolabis, Hypacodon, Metacodon] | | |-- †C. pulcher Marsh, 1872 | | |-- †C. magnus | | `?- †C.? bacchanalis (McGrew, 1959) | `--+-- †Marsholestes dasypelix (Matthew, 1909) McKenna & Haase, 1992 [Myolestes Matthew, 1909, non Myolestes Brèhes, 1904, a asilid dipteran (insect)] | `--o †Batodontoides | |-- †B. powayensis | `-- †B. vanhouteni `--+--o ?†Didelphodontidae Matthew, 1918 | |-- †Cimolestes incisus Marsh, 1889 [Nyssodon incisus, Puercolestes incisus] | |-- †Cimolestes simpsoni | `--+--o †Didelphodus Cope, 1882b [Didelphyodus Winge, 1923] [incl. Phenacops Matthew, 1909] L.-M.Eoc. Eu. NA. [are Palaeoryctids?] | | |--+-- †D. absarokae (Cope, 1881) [Deltatherium absarokae Cope, 1881; Didelphodus absarokae (Cope) Cope, 1882, Matthew, 1918b, McKenna, 1960, Van Valen, 1966] | | | `-- †D. altidens (Marsh, 1872) [†Centetodon altidens Marsh, 1872; Didelphodus altidens (Marsh) McKenna et al., 1962, Van Valen, 1966, Gazin, 1976] [incl. Phenacops incerta Matthew, 1909; McKenna et al., 1962, Van Valen, 1966; Didelphodus ventanus T. White, 1952; Van Valen, 1966] | | `--+-- †D. rheos Storer, 1995b | | `-- †D. serus Storer, 1984 | `--+-- †Avunculus didelphodonti | `--+-- †Acmeodon secans | `--o †Gelastops | |-- †G. joni | `-- †G. parcus `--o ?†Cimolestidae Marsh, 1889 |?- †Telacodon laevis Marsh, 1892 |?-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 †Cimolestes Marsh, 1889 [incl. †Nyssodon Simpson, 1927; Puercolestes Reynolds, 1936] U.Cret.-L.Paleoc. NA., ?L.Paleoc. SA., U.Paleoc. Af. | |-- †C. magnus Clemens & Russell, 1965 | |-- †C. cerberoides Lillagraven, 1969 | |-- †C. propaleoryctes Lillagraven, 1969 | |-- †C. stirtoni | `-- †C. sp. `--+--o †Procerberus | |-- †P. andetiticus | |-- †P. formicarum | |-- †P. grandis | `-- †P. plutonis `--+-- †Alveugena carbonensis Eberley, 1999; L.Palaeoc. NA. `-- †Stylinodontidae Marsh, 1875a [Taeniodonta]
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