Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Questionably Diprotodontia (Order) Owen, 1866

Original entries

Questionably Acrobatidae (Family) Aplin, 1987
Questionably †Ektopodontidae (Family) Stirton, Tedford & Woodburne, 1967
Questionably †Miralinidae (Family) Woodburne, Pledge & Archer, 1987
Questionably Petauridae (Family) Bonaparte, 1838
Questionably †Pilkipildridae (Family) Archer, Tedford & Rich, 1987

Subsequent entries

Burramyidae (Family) Broom, 1898
Macropodidae (Family) Gray, 1821
Phalangeridae (Family) Thomas, 1888
Phascolarctidae (Family) Owen, 1839

Current position

Phalangeriformes (Suborder) Szalay, 1982

Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 56.

Alternative positions

Diprotodonta (Suborder) Owen, 1866	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 629.
Diprotodonta (Order) Owen, 1866
Diprotodontia (Order) Owen, 1866	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 61.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818	Ref: G.G. Simpson, 1945
Phalangerida (Suborder) Aplin & Archer, 1987	Ref: [Anonymous], 1989

Historical positions

Phalangeriformes (Suborder) Szalay, 1982	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 56.
Phalangeriformes (Suborder) Szalay, 1982	Ref: C.P. Groves, 2005: 44.
Diprotodontia (Order) Owen, 1866	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 61.
Diprotodonta (Suborder) Owen, 1866	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 629.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818	Ref: G.G. Simpson, 1945

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[2f;8g;32s;29ss]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 56	2f
2005	C.P. Groves	[2f;8g;32s;29ss]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[6f;31g; †3f;41g]
1988	R.L. Carroll: 629	[4f; †2f]
1984b		5f
1977c		4f
1945	G.G. Simpson	3f