†family Palaeothentidae Sinclair 1906 (marsupial)
Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Palaeothentidae
Alternative spelling: Paleothentidae
Parent taxon: Palaeothentoidea according to F. J. Goin et al. 2009
See also Abello et al. 2012, Dumont and Brown 1997, Engelman et al. 2017, Flynn et al. 2002, Kramarz et al. 2010 and Rae and Bown 1996
Sister taxa: Abderitidae, Lemmythentes, Minusculothentes, Panchothentes, Pichipilidae, Zeballothentes
Subtaxa: Acdestinae Acdestis Antawallathentes Chimeralestes Decastinae Palaeothentes Palaeothentinae Parabderites Sasawatsu Titanothentes
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
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