Alternative view after Carroll 1988 (originally from Novacek & Wyss 1986??)
<==o EPITHERIA McKenna, 1975 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997
|?- †Hyotheridium dobsoni Gregory & Simpson, 1926
|?- †Murtoilestes abramovi Averianov & Skutschas, 2001
|?-o †Deccanolestes Prasad & Sahni, 1988
| |-- †D. hislopi Prasad & Sahni, 1988
| `-- †D. robustus Prasad, Jaeger, Sahni, Gheerbrant & Khajuria, 1994
|?-o †ASIORYCTITHERIA Novacek, el al., 1997
| `--o Asioryctidae Kielan-Jaworowska, 1981
| |-- †Asioryctes nemegetensis Kielan-Jaworowska, 1975
| `-- †Ukhaatherium nessovi Novacek, Rougier, Wible, McKenna, Dashzeveg & Horovitz, 1997
|-- LEPTICTIDA [Asioryctitheria Novacek, et al. 1997 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997, Proeutheria, Palaeanodonta, Pholidota??!!]
`--o PREPTOTHERIA
|--+-- ARCHONTA (kädellistensukuiset)
| `-- ANAGALIDA (jyrsijöidensukuiset)
`--+--o INSECTIVORA
| `-- LIPOTYPHLA Haeckel, 1866 (nykyhyönteissyöjät)
`?-o FERUNGULATA
|-- UNGULATOMORPHA Archibald, J. D., 1996
`--o FERAE
|?- CIMOLESTA [Problematic, see alternative tree after Carroll 1988]
`--+-- †CREODONTA (kreodontit)
`-- CARNIVORAMORPHA (nykypetoeläinmäiset nisäkkäät, modern carnivores and their extinct relatives)
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