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Taxon: Family Caenolestidae Trouessart, 1898 - "shrew" opossums (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Caenolestoidea (Superfamily) Trouessart, 1898

Original entries

Questionably Caenolestinae (Subfamily) Trouessart, 1898

Subsequent entries

Pichipilinae (Subfamily) Marshall, 1980 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 74.

Current position

Caenolestoidea (Superfamily) Trouessart, 1898 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 73.

Alternative positions

Caenolestoidea (Suborder) Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 628.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818 Ref: R.M. Nowak, 1991: 26.
Paucituberculata (Order) Ameghino, 1894 Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).

Historical positions

Paucituberculata (Order) Ameghino, 1894 Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).
Paucituberculata (Order) Ameghino, 1894 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 443.
Paucituberculata (Order) Ameghino, 1894 Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 56.
Paucituberculata (Order) Ameghino, 1894 Ref: A.L. Gardner, 2005: 19.
Paucituberculata (Order) Ameghino, 1894 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 400.
Caenolestoidea (Superfamily) Trouessart, 1898 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 73.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818 Ref: 1995
Paucituberculata (Order) Ameghino, 1894 Ref: A.L. Gardner, 1993: 25; 4.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 12.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818 Ref: R.M. Nowak, 1991: 26.
Caenolestoidea (Suborder) Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 628.
Paucituberculata (Order) Ameghino, 1894 Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1019.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818 Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818 Ref: W. Fiedler et al., 1973: 611.
Caenolestoidea (Superfamily) Trouessart, 1898 Ref: G.G. Simpson, 1945

Number of Subtaxa

2024 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 3g;6s;7ss; †4g
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 1 Apr 2022 [3g;6s;7ss; †4g]
2011 D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 56 3g;7s
2005 A.L. Gardner [3g;6s;7ss]
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [3g; †5g]
1993 A.L. Gardner 3g;5s
1991 R.M. Nowak 2g;7s
1991 G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill [2g];~7s
1979 T.I. Storer et al. 3g7s
1973 W. Fiedler et al. 3g;3s
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