Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Phalangeroidea (Superfamily) Thomas, 1888

Original entries

Questionably †Balbarinae (Subfamily) Flannery, Archer & Plane, 1983
Questionably †Galanarla (Genus) Flannery, Archer & Plane, 1983
Questionably Macropodinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821
Questionably Potoroinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821
Questionably Sthenurinae (Subfamily) Glauert, 1926

Current position

Macropodoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821

Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).

Alternative positions

Diprotodontia (Order) Owen, 1866	Ref: C.P. Groves, 1993: 50.
Macropodiformes (Suborder) Ameghino, 1889	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 56.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818	Ref: R.M. Nowak, 1991: 85.
Phalangeroidea (Superfamily) Thomas, 1888	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 62.

Historical positions

Macropodoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).
Macropodiformes (Suborder) Ameghino, 1889	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 56.
Macropodiformes (Suborder) Ameghino, 1889	Ref: C.P. Groves, 2005: 58.
Phalangeroidea (Superfamily) Thomas, 1888	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 62.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818	Ref: 1995
Diprotodontia (Order) Owen, 1866	Ref: C.P. Groves, 1993: 50; 4.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 20.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818	Ref: R.M. Nowak, 1991: 85-86.
Phalangeroidea (Superfamily) Thomas, 1888	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 629.
Diprotodontia (Order) Owen, 1866	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1020-1021.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818	Ref: W. Fiedler et al., 1973: 612.
Phalangeroidea (Superfamily) Thomas, 1888	Ref: G.G. Simpson, 1945

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	11g;61s;40ss; ‡5s; †17g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	11g;61s;40ss; ‡5s; †17g
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 56	11g;65s
2005	C.P. Groves	[11g;61s;40ss; ‡4s]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[18g; †27g]
1993	C.P. Groves	11g;54[50]s; ‡[4s]
1991	R.M. Nowak	16[15]g;56[50]s; ‡[1g;7s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[10g];~49[46]s; ‡[3s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	3sf;[17g;51s]
1973	W. Fiedler et al.	3sf;17g;50s;93ss; ‡1s