After Nowak, 1991, McKenna & Bell, 1997 and de Muizon & Cifelli, 2001
<==o Didelphoidea (opossum-like marsupials) |?- †Paradidelphys |?- †Peratotherium |?-o †Derorhynchidae Marshall, in Archer, 1987 [Didelphidae: Derorhynchinae Marshall, in Archer, 1987 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997] | |-- †Minusculodelphis Paula Couto, 1962 | `-- †Derorhynchus Paula Couto, 1952 |?- †Sparassocynus Mercerat, 1898 [Perazoyphium Cebrera, 1928] [Sparassocynidae Reig, 1958 sensu Archer, 1984] |?- †Prepidolophidae [Didelphidae??] `--o Didelphidae Gray, 1821 [Didelphinae Gray, 1821 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997] [Alternative phylogeny after Voss, Gardner & Jansa, 2004 [Fig. 3]] (opossumit) |?- †Incadelphys antiquus Marshall & de Muizon, 1988 |?- †Mizquedelphys pilpinensis Marshall & de Muizon, 1988 |?- †Marmosopsis juradoi Paula Couto, 1962 |?- †Itaboraidelphys camposi Marshall & de Muizon, 1984 |?- †Coona Simpson, 1938 |-- Monodelphinae Talice, de Mosera & Machado, 1960 sensu Hershkovitz, 1992 [Didelphidae: Didelphinae: Monodelphini Talice, de Mosera & Machado, 1960 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997] `--+-- Metachirus nudicaudatus (Geoffroy, 1803) Burmeister, 1854 [Metachirinae Reig, Kirsch & Marshall, 1985 sensu Hershkovitz, 1992; Didelphidae: Didelphinae: Metachirini Reig, Kirsch & Marshall, 1985 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997] (brown foureyed opossum) `--+-- Didelphinae Grey, 1821 (opossumit) `--+--o †Eobrasiliinae Marshall, in Archer, 1987 | |-- †Tiulordia florensi Marshall & de Muizon, 1988 | |-- †Eobrasilia coutoi Simpson, 1947 | |--o †Gaylordia Paula Couto, 1952 [Xenodelphis Paula Couto, 1962] | | |-- †G. macrocynodonta Paula Couto, 1952 | | `-- †G. doelloi (Paula Couto, 1952) [†Xenodelphis doelloi (Paula Couto, 1952) Paula Couto, 1962; incl. †G. mendesi Paula Couto, 1970] | `-- †Didelphopsis cabrerai Paula Couto, 1952 `--o Calyromyinae Kirsch & Reig, in Kirsch, 1977 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997 [Caluromyidae Kirsch & Reig, in Kirsch, 1977 sensu Hershkovitz, 1992] (villakarvaopossumit) |-- †Pachybiotherium Ameghino, 1902 [a microbiotheriid?] |--o Caluromys Allen, J. A., 1900 [Mallodelphys] ()? | |-- C. laniger (Desmarest, 1870) | |-- C. derbianus (derby's pale-eared woolly opossum) | |-- C. lanatus (browneared woolly opossum) | `-- C. philander (Linnaeus, 1758) (philanderinvillapussirotta) |-- Caluromysiops irrupta Sanborn, 1951 (mustahartiaopossumi) `--o Glironia Thomas, 1912 |?- G. aequatorialis Anthony, 1926 `-- G. venusta Thomas, 1912 (sulkahäntäopossumi)
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. - McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631 - de Muizon, C. & Cifelli, R. L., 2001: A new basal "didelphoid" (Marsupialia, Mammalia) from the Early Paleocene of Tiupampa (Bolivia).
–Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol. 21, #1, pp. 87-97 - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's Mammals of the World; Part 1.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xlviii-642-lxiii - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's mammals of the World; Part 2.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xii-643-1629 - Rougier, G. W., Wible, J. R. & Novacek, M. J., 1998: Implications of Deltatheridium speciments for early marsupial history.
–Nature: Vol. 396, 3 December, pp. 459-463
Special thanks to:
Jos H. M. Dols, for gathering additional information and missing species.