Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Questionably †Borhyaenoidea (Superfamily) Ameghino, 1894

Current position

†Borhyaenoidea (Superfamily) Ameghino, 1894

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

Alternative positions

Didelphoidea (Suborder) Gray, 1821	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 628.
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.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818	Ref: 1995
Didelphoidea (Suborder) Gray, 1821	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 628.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†2g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 28 Mar 2022	[; †2g]
2018	L.M. Carneiro et al.: fig. 5	[; †2g]