After Carroll, 1988 and McKenna & Bell, 1997
<==o †Xenungulata [Pyrotheria] |-- †Carodnia [Ctalecarodnia] [Carodniidae] |--o †Colombitheriidae | |-- †Colombitherium Hoffstetter, 1970 | `-- †Proticia Patterson, 1977 `--o †Pyrotheriidae Ameghino, 1889 |?- †Carolozittelia [not recognized by Shockey & Anaya Daza, 2004] |-- †Griphodon Anthony, 1924 |-- †Propyrotherium Ameghino, 1901 `--o †Pyrotherium Ameghino, 1889 |-- †P. romeroi Ameghino, 1889 `-- †P. macfaddeni Shockey & Anaya Daza, 2004
Reference(s):
- Shockey, B. J. & Anaya Daza, F., 2004: Pyrotherium macfaddeni, sp. nov. (Late Oligocene, Bolivia) and the pedal morphology of pyrotheres.
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 24, #2, pp. 481-488 - 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. - McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., eds., 1997: Classification of mammals; above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997.