After McKenna & Bell, 1997, Sigogneau-Russell, 2003, Kielan-Jaworowska, Cifelli & Luo, 2004, and Ji, Luo, Yuan & Tabrum, 2006
<==o †Docodonta Kretzoi, 1958 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997 [Docodontiformes Kinman, 1994, incl. Tegotheridia Tatarinov, 1994] |?- †Delsatia rhupotopi Sigogneau-Russell & Godefroit, 1997 |?- †Dinnetherium nezorum Jenkins, Crompton & Downs, 1983 [Dinnetheriidae?] [Morganucodonta: Megazostrodontidae sensu Kielan-Jaworowska, Cifelli & Luo, 2004] `--+--o Megazostrodontidae Cow, 1986 [Morganucodonta sensu Kielan-Jaworowska, Cifelli & Luo, 2004 (in partim)] | |-- †Indozostrodon simpsoni Datta & Das, 2001 | `-- †Megazostrodon rudnerae Crompton & Jenkins, 1968 `--o †Docodontidae (Marsh, 1887) Simpson, 1929 [Docodonta sensu Kielan-Jaworowska, Cifelli & Luo, 2004] [Synonyms] |-- †Cyrtlatherium canei Freeman, 1979 sensu Sigogneau-Russell, 2001 |--+--+?- †Haldanodon exspectatus Kühne & Krusat, 1972 sensu Sigoneau-Russell, 2003 | | `--o †Borealestes Waldman & Savage, 1972 | | |-- †B. serendipitus Waldman & Savage, 1972 | | `-- †B. mussetti Sigogneau-Russell, 2003 | `--+-- †Dsugarodon zuoi Pfretzschner & Martin in Pfretzschner, Martin, Maisch, Matzke & Sun, 2005 [Acuodulodon sunae Hu, Meng & Clark, 2007] | `--+-- †Castorocauda lutrasimilis Ji, Luo, Yuan & Tabrum, 2006 | `--+--o †Simpsonodon Kermack, Lee, Lees & Mussett, 1987 [Simpsonodontidae Averianov, Lopatin, Krasnolutskii & Ivantsov, 2010] | | |?- †S. splendens (Kühne, 1969) [= Henkelotherium guimarotae (Krebs, 1991), a paurodont] | | |-- †S. oxfordensis Kermack, Lee, Lees & Mussett, 1987 [S. oxfordiensis (lapsus calami)] | | `-- †S. sibiricus Averianov, Lopatin, Krasnolutskii & Ivantsov, 2010 | `--+--+-- †Agilodocodon scansorius Meng, Ji, Zhang, Liu, Grossnickle & Luo, 2015 | | `-- †Krusatodon kirtlingtonensis Sigogneau-Russell, 2003 | `?-o †Tegotheriidae Tatarinov, 1994 | |?- †Itatodon tatarinovi Lopatin & Averianov, 2005 | |?- †Tashkumyrodon desideratus Martin & Averianov, 2004 | |-- †Sibirotherium rossicus Maschenko, Lopatin & Voronkevich, 2002 | `--+-- †Hutegotherium yaomingi Averianov, Lopatin, Krasnolutskii & Ivantsov, 2010 | `-- †Tegotherium gubini Tatarinov, 1994 `--+?- †Reigitherium bunodontum Bonaparte, 1990 [Reigitheriidae Bonaparte, 1990] [Mammalia incertae sedis sensu Kielan-Jaworowska, Cifelli & Luo, 2004] |--o †Peraiocynodon Simpson, 1928 [Docodon Marsh, 1881 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997, and Kielan-Jaworowska, Cifelli & Luo, 2004] | |-- †P. inexpectatus Simpson, 1928 | `-- †P. major Sigogneau-Russell, 2003 |-- †Docofossor brachydactylus Luo, Meng, Ji, Liu, Zhang. & Neander, 2015 `--o †Docodon Marsh, 1881 [taxonomic history] |-- †D. victor (Marsh, 1880) [taxonomic history] |?- †D. affinis Marsh, 1887 `-- †D. apoxys Rougier, Sheth, Carpenter, Appella-Guiscafre & Davis, 2015
After Meng, Ji, Zhang, Liu, Grossnickle & Luo, 2015, and Luo, Meng, Ji, Liu, Zhang. & Neander, 2015
<==o †Docodonta
|--+-- †Sibirotherium
| `--+-- †Tegotherium
| `-- †Hutegotherium
`--+--+-- †Agilodocodon
| `-- †Krusatodon
`--+-- †Simpsonodon
`--+--+-- †Castorocauda
| `-- †Dsugarodon
`--+-- †Itatodon
`--+-- †Tashkumyrodon
`--+-- †Borealestes
`--+-- †Haldanodon
`--+-- †Docodon
`-- †Docofossor
|
After Averianov, Lopatin, Krasnolutskii & Ivantsov, 2010<==o †Docodonta |-- †Itatodon `--+-- †Castorocauda |-- †Tashkumyrodon |--+-- †Borealestes | `--o †Docodontidae | |-- †Haldanodon | `-- †Docodon `--+-- †Acuodulodon |--o †Simpsonodontidae | |-- †Simpsonodon | `-- †Dsugarodon `--o Tegotheriidae |-- †Krusatodon `--+-- †Hutegotherium `--+-- †Tegotherium `-- †Sibirotherium |
After Pfretzschner, Martin, Maisch, Matzke & Sun, 2005<==o †Docodonta `--o †Docodontidae |--+-- †Borealestes | `--+-- †Haldanodon | `-- †Docodon `--+-- †Tashkumyrodon |-- †Sibirotherium `--+-- †Tegotherium `--+-- †Krusatodon `--+-- †Dsugarodon `-- †Simpsonodon |
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Special thanks to:
Jos H. M. Dols, for gathering additional information and species of these animals.