Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Questionably Diprotodontia (Order) Owen, 1866

Original entries

Questionably Bettongini (Tribe) Flannery, 1989

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: 48.
Macropodiformes (Suborder) Ameghino, 1889	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 56.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 19.

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: 56-57.
Diprotodontia (Order) Owen, 1866	Ref: C.P. Groves, 1993: 48; 4.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 19.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	3g;8s;2ss; ‡1g;2s; †9g;3s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	3g;8s;2ss; ‡1g;2s; †9g
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 56	4g;10s
2005	C.P. Groves	[3g;8s;2ss; ‡1g;2s]
1993	C.P. Groves	5[4]g;9[7]s; ‡[1g;2s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[4g];~10[8]s; ‡[1g;2s]