After McKenna & Bell, 1997, and Scott, Fox & Youzwyshyn, 2002, with species from Alroy, 2002
<==o †Palaeoryctidae Winge, 1917 [taxonomic history] |-- †Aaptoryctes ivyi Gingerich, 1982; U.Paleoc. NA. |?-o †Aboletylestes D.E. Russell, 1964; U.Paleoc. Af. Eu. [treated as cimolestid by McKenna & Bell, 1997] | |-- †A. hypselus Russell 1964 | `-- †A. robustus Gheerbrant, 1992 |?-+--o †Didelphodus Cope, 1882b [Didelphyodus Winge, 1923] [incl. Phenacops Matthew, 1909] L.-M.Eoc. Eu. NA. | | |--+-- †D. absarokae (Cope, 1881) [Deltatherium absarokae Cope, 1881; Didelphodus absarokae (Cope) Cope, 1882, Matthew, 1918b, McKenna, 1960, Van Valen, 1966] | | | `-- †D. altidens (Marsh, 1872) [†Centetodon altidens Marsh, 1872; Didelphodus altidens (Marsh) McKenna et al., 1962, Van Valen, 1966, Gazin, 1976] [incl. Phenacops incerta Matthew, 1909; McKenna et al., 1962, Van Valen, 1966; Didelphodus ventanus T. White, 1952; Van Valen, 1966] | | `--+-- †D. rheos Storer, 1995b | | `-- †D. serus Storer, 1984 | `--+-- †Avunculus didephodonti Van Valen, 1966; U.Paleoc. NA. | `--+-- †Acmeodon secans Matthew & Granger, 1921; L.-U.Paleoc. NA. | `--o †Gelastops Simpson, 1935d [†Emperodon Simpson, 1935d]; L.-U.Paleoc. NA. | |-- †G. joni | `-- †G. parcus Simpson, 1935d [†Emperodon acmeodontoides Simpson, 1935d; Gelastops parcus Simpson; Simpson,1937a, Van Valen,1966] |-- †Eoryctes melanus Thewissen & Gingerich, 1989 [non †Eoryctes Romer, 1966 (nomen nudum), an apternodontid]; L.Eoc. Eu. |-- †Leptonysson basiliscus Van Valen, 1967 [a leptictid or a pantolestid?] |-- †Naranius infrequens D.E. Russell & Dashzeveg, 1986; L.Eoc. As. |--o †Palaeoryctes Matthew, 1913; L.Paleoc.-L.Eoc. NA., U.Palaeoc.-L.Eoc. NWAf. | |-- †P. cruoris Gunnell, 1994 | |-- †P. puercensis Matthew, 1913 | `-- †P. punctatus Van Valen, 1966 |--o †Pararyctes Van Valen, 1966; L.Paleoc.-L.Eoc. NA. [treated as Cimolesta incertae sedis by McKenna & Bell, 1997] | |-- †P. pattersoni Van Valen, 1966 | `-- †P. rutherfordi Scott, Fox & Youzwyshyn, 2002 |-- †Stilpnodon Simpson, 1935 |?- †Thelysia artemia Gingerich 1982 [a pantolestid?] |-- †Tsaganius ambiguus D.E. Russell & Dashzeveg, 1986; L.Eoc. As. [treated as cimolestid by McKenna & Bell, 1997] `?-o †Deccanolestes Prasad & Sahni, 1988 [also regarded as a basal eutherian] |-- †D. hislopi Prasad & Sahni, 1988 `-- †D. robustus Prasad, Jaeger, Sahni, Gheerbrant & Khajuria, 1994
Reference(s):
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