Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Questionably Phalangeroidea (Superfamily) Thomas, 1888

Original entries

Questionably Distoechurus (Genus) Peters, 1874

Subsequent entries

Acrobates (Genus) Desmarest, 1817

Current position

Petauroidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1838

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

Alternative positions

Burramyoidea (Superfamily) Broom, 1898	Ref: [Anonymous], 1989
Diprotodontia (Order) Owen, 1866	Ref: C.P. Groves, 1993: 62.
Phalangeroidea (Superfamily) Thomas, 1888	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 67.

Historical positions

Petauroidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).
Petauroidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 56.
Petauroidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1838	Ref: C.P. Groves, 2005: 56.
Phalangeroidea (Superfamily) Thomas, 1888	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 67.
Diprotodontia (Order) Owen, 1866	Ref: C.P. Groves, 1993: 62; 4.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2g;2s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[2g;2s]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 56	2g;2s
2005	C.P. Groves	[2g;2s]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[2g]
1993	C.P. Groves	2g;2s