Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Questionably Diprotodontia (Order) Owen, 1866
Questionably Phalangeroidea (Superfamily) Thomas, 1888

Original entries

Questionably Pseudocheirinae (Subfamily) Winge, 1893

Subsequent entries

Dactylopsila (Genus) Gray, 1858
Petaurinae (Subfamily) Bonaparte, 1832
Petaurus (Genus) Shaw, 1791

Current position

Petauroidea (Superfamily) Bonaparte, 1838

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

Alternative positions

Diprotodontia (Order) Owen, 1866	Ref: C.P. Groves, 1993: 60.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818	Ref: R.M. Nowak, 1991: 73.
Phalangeroidea (Superfamily) Thomas, 1888	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 65.

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: 53.
Phalangeroidea (Superfamily) Thomas, 1888	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 65.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818	Ref: 1995
Diprotodontia (Order) Owen, 1866	Ref: C.P. Groves, 1993: 60; 4.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818	Ref: R.M. Nowak, 1991: 73.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 18.
Phalangeroidea (Superfamily) Thomas, 1888	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 629.
Diprotodontia (Order) Owen, 1866	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1020.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	3g;11s;10ss
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[3g;11s;10ss]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 56	3g;11s
2005	C.P. Groves	[3g;11s;10ss]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[5g; †4g]
1993	C.P. Groves	3g;10s
1991	R.M. Nowak	6g;23s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[8g];~23s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	5g;[22s]