Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Sparassodonta

Subsequent positions

†Sparassodonta (Order) Ameghino, 1894

Original entries

Questionably †Borhyaeninae (Subfamily) Ameghino, 1894
Questionably †Hathliacyninae (Subfamily) Ameghino, 1894
Questionably †Proborhyaeninae (Subfamily) Ameghino, 1897
Questionably †Thylacosmilinae (Subfamily) Riggs, 1933

Current position

†Borhyaenoidea (Superfamily) Ameghino, 1894

Ref: L.M. Carneiro et al., 2018: fig. 5; Carneiro et al., 2018: fig. 5.

Alternative positions

Didelphoidea (Suborder) Gray, 1821	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 628).
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818
Microbiotherioidea (Superfamily)	Ref: [Anonymous], 1989
†Sparassodonta (Order) Ameghino, 1894	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 443.

Historical positions

†Borhyaenoidea (Superfamily) Ameghino, 1894	Ref: L.M. Carneiro et al., 2018: fig. 5.
†Sparassodonta (Order) Ameghino, 1894	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 443.
†Sparassodonta (Order) Ameghino, 1894	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 400.
†Sparassodonta (Order) Ameghino, 1894	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 78.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818	Ref: 1995
Didelphoidea (Suborder) Gray, 1821	Ref: B. Gardiner et al., 1989: 303.
Didelphoidea (Suborder) Gray, 1821	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 628).

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†3g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[; †36g]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[; †37g]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[; †37g]