After McKenna & Bell, 1997 and Goin, Sánchez-Villagra, Kay, Anaya-Daza & Takai, 2003
<==o †Palaeothentidae (Sinclair, 1906) Osgood, 1921 [Epanorthidae Ameghino, 1889] |?- †Hondathentes cazador Dumont & Bown, in Bown & Fleagle, 1993 |--o †Acdestinae Bown & Fleagle, 1993 | |--o †Acdestoides Bown & Fleagle, 1993 | | |-- †A. praecursor [?Acdestis praecursor] | | `-- †A. bonapartei | |-- †Acdestodon Bown & Fleagle, 1993 | |-- †Trelewthentes rothi Bown & Fleagle, 1993 | `--o †Acdestis Ameghino, 1887 | |-- †A. robustus | |-- †A. spegazinii | |-- †A. columnaris | |-- †A. gracilis | |-- †A. ligatus [Callomenus ligatus] | |-- †A. obusta | |-- †A. lemairei | |-- †A. oweni | `-- †A. maddeni Goin, Sánchez-Villagra, Kay, Anaya-Daza & Takai, 2003 `--o †Palaeothentinae Sinclair, 1906 |--o †Palaeothentes Ameghino, 1887 [Synonyms] | |-- †P. aratae | |-- †P. intermedius | |-- †P. lemoinei | |-- †P. marshalli | |-- †P. migueli | |-- †P. minutus | |-- †P. pascuali | `-- †P. primus |-- †Titanothentes Rae, Bown & Fleagle, 1996 |-- †Pilchenia lucina Ameghino, 1903 |-- †Carlothentes chubutensis Bown & Fleagle, 1993 `--o †Propalaeothentes Bown & Fleagle, 1993 |-- †P. hatcheri `-- †P. lepidus
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. - Dumont, E. R., Strait, S. G. & Friscia, A. R., 2000: Abderitid marsupials from the Miocene of Patagonia: An assessment of form, function, and evolution.
–Journal of Paleontology: Vol. 74, #6, pp. 1161-1172 - Goin, F. J., Sánchez-Villagra, M. R., Kay, R. F., Anaya-Daza, F. & Takai, M., 2003: New palaeothentid marsupial from the Middle Miocene of Bolivia.
–Palaeontology: Vol. 46, #2, pp. 307-315 - McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631
Special thanks to:
Jos H. M. Dols, for gathering additional information and missing species.