After Rougier, Wible & Novacek, 1998
Alternative view after de Muizon et al., 1997
<==o Notometatheria (South American and Australian Metatheres; Etelä-Amerikan ja Australian pussieläimet) |?- †Ischyrodelphis castellanosi Paula Couto, 1952 [Ischyrodidelphis lapsus calami?] |?- †Xenodelphis Paula Couto, 1962 [Synonym of †Gaylordia Paula Couto, 1952 (McKenna & Bell, 1997)] |?- †Pascualdelphys fierroensis |?- †Peradectidae Crochet, 1979 [Didelphidae: Peradectinae Crochet, 1979 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997] |-- †Sparassodonta Ameghino, 1984 [Synonyms] (pussihyeenat; marsupial hyaenas) `--o Marsupialia Illeger, 1811 sensu lato (modern marsupials; nykypussieläimet) |?- Paucituberculata Ameghino, 1894 (pussipäästäismäiset pussieläimet; shrew-opossum-like marsupials) `--+-- †Hondadelphys fieldsi Marshall, 1976 [Hondadelphidae Marshall, Case & Woodburne, 1990] `--+-- †Pucadelphys andinus Marshall & de Muizon, 1988 [paraphyletic Pucadelphydea de Muizon, 1998] `--+-- †Andinodelphys cochabambensis Marshall & de Muizon, 1988 [paraphyletic Pucadelphydea de Muizon, 1998] `--o Marsupialia Illeger, 1811 sensu Rougier, Wible, & Novacek, 1998 (nykypussieläimet; modern marsupials) |--+?- †Szalinia gracilis de Muizon & Cifelli, 2001 | `-- Didelphioidea [Didelphimorphia Gill, 1872] (opossumimaiset pussieläimet; opossum-like marsupials) `-- Australidelphia Szalay, 1982, in Archer, ed., 1982 [taxonomic history] (australian pussieläimet; australian marsupials)
Reference(s):
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Special thanks to:
Jos H. M. Dols, for gathering additional information and missing species.