Order Paucituberculata Ameghino 1894 (marsupial)
Parent taxon: Marsupialia according to R. K. Engelman et al. 2017
See also Ameghino 1897, Goin and Candela 1998, Goin et al. 2009, Gregory 1910, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kramarz et al. 2010, Ladaveze and Muizon 2010, Nowak 1991, Oliveira and Goin 2011, Phillips et al. 2001, Rae and Bown 1996, Springer et al. 1994 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Marsupicarnivora, Phalangistadae, Leptodactyla, Macrotarsi
Subtaxa: Bardalestes Caenolestoidea Caroloameghinioidea Evolestes Palaeothentoidea Riolestes
Ecology: scansorial omnivore