After McKenna & Bell, 1997, Cifelli, Wible & Jenkins jr., 1998, and Li & Luo, 2006
<==o †Spalacotheroidea Prothero, 1981 [Spalacotheriida Prothero, 1981, incl. Quirogatheria Bonaparte, 1992] |?- †Infernolestes rougieri Cifelli, Davis & Sames, 2014; E.Cret. WNAm. |-- †Gobiotheriodon infinitus (Trofimov, 1980) Trofimov, 1997 [Gobiodon Trofimov, 1980] sensu Averianov, 2002 `--+--o †Maotherium Rougier, Ji & Novacek, 2003 | |-- †M. sinensis Rougier, Ji & Novacek, 2003 | `-- †M. asiaticus Ji, Luo, Zhang, Yuan & Xu, 2009 `--+-- †Zhangheotherium quinquecuspidens Hu, Wang, Luo & Li, 1997 `--+?-o †Tinodontidae Fox, 1985 | |-- †Bondesius ferox Bonaparte, 1990 [also claimed to be a archaeonycterid microbat and lately as a dryolestid milk teeth (Averianov, 2002)] | |-- †Mictodon simpsoni Fox, 1984 | `--o †Tinodon Marsh, 1879 [Menacodon Marsh, 1887] | |-- †T. bellus Marsh, 1879 | |-- †T. lepidus Marsh, 1879 | `-- †T. micron Ensom & Sigogneau-Russell, 2000 `--+?-o †Barbereniidae Bonaparte, 1990 | |-- †Guirogatherium freyi Bonaparte, 1990 [Guimarota freyi?] [lately identified as a dryolestid milk teeth (Averianov, 2002)] | `-- †Barberenia allenensis Bonaparte, 1990 [lately identified as a dryolestid milk teeth (Averianov, 2002)] `--o †Spalacotheriidae Marsh, 1887 |?- †Microderson laaroussii Sigogneau-Russell, 1991 [lately identified as a stem-group zatherian (Averianov, 2002)] |?- †Shalbaatar bakht Nessov, 1997 |--o †Spalacotherium Owen, 1854 [Spalacotheriinae Marsh, 1887] | |-- †S. tricuspidens Simpson, 1928 | |-- †S. taylori Clemens & Lees, 1971 | |-- †S. longirostris [Peralestes longirostris] | |-- †S. evansae Ensom & Sigogneau-Russell, 2000 | `-- †S. hookeri Gill, 2004 `--o †Spalacolestinae Cifelli & Madsen, 1999 |?-o †Aliaga Cuenca-Bescós, Canudo, Gasca, Moreno-Azanza & Cifelli, 2014 | |-- †A. molinensis Cuenca-Bescós, Canudo, Gasca, Moreno-Azanza & Cifelli, 2014 | |?- †A. henkeli (Krebs, 1985) [Spalacotherium henkeli Krebs, 1985] | `?- cf. †A. henkeli (Krebs, 1985) [Cuenca-Bescós et al., 2014] |-- †Symmetrolestes parvus Tsubamoto & Rourier, in Tsubamoto, Rougier, Isaji, Manabe & Forasiapi, 2004; E.Cret. EAs. `--+-- †Akidolestes cifellii Li & Luo, 2006 `--+-- †Heishanlestes changi Hu, Fox, Wang & Li, 2005 `--+-- †Spalacotheroides bridwelli Patterson, 1955 `--+--o †Spalacotheridium Cifelli, 1990c | |?- †S. noblei Cifelli & Madsen, 1999? | `-- †S. mckennai Cifelli, 1990c `--+--o †Spalacolestes Cifelli, 1999 | |-- †S. cretulablatta Cifelli, 1999 | `-- †S. inconcinnus Cifelli & Madsen, 1999 `--o †Symmetrodontoides Fox, 1979 [Bonaparte (1999) thinks that these animals are Dryolestidans] |-- †S. foxi Cifelli & Madsen, 1986 |-- †S. canadensis Fox, 1979 `-- †S. oligodentos Cifelli, 1990c
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