Synonym: Monodelphia Gill 1872
Full reference: R. Owen. 1837. Teeth. The Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physiology 864-935
Parent taxon: Eutheria according to Z.-X. Luo et al. 2011
See also Asher and Helgen 2010, Averianov and Archibald 2005, Bonaparte 1850, Cope 1889, Gadow 1898, Gill 1872, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Horovitz 2003, Kirsch and Mayer 1998, McKenna and Bell 1997, Olson 1966, Owen 1837, Rowe 1988, Seiffert and Simons 2000, Shoshani and Tassy 2005, Thorpe 1937, Velazco et al. 2022 and Wible et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Acristatherium, Adapisoriculidae, Ambolestes, Asioryctidae, Asioryctitheria, Bibymalagasia, Cimolesta, Didymoconida, Durlstodon, Durlstotherium, Endotherium, Eomaia, Heptaconodon, Heptaconodon dubium, Holoclemensiidae, Horolodectidae, Hovurlestes, Indoclemensia, Juramaia, Kennalestoidea, Leptictida, Meridiungulata, Mingotheriidae, Montanalestes, Mutica, Nanocuridae, Notopterna, Palaeorycteropus, Paranyctoides, Paraxonia, Proteutheria, Prozalambdalestes, Quadripedes, Sahnitherium, Sazlestes, Sinodelphys, Taeniodonta, Tamirtheria, Therictoidea, Trogontia, Zalambdalestoidea, Zhelestidae
Subtaxa: Afrotheria Americatheria Atlantogenata Boreoeutheria Chiroptera Educabilia Epitheria Exafroplacentalia Ineducabilia Insectivora Mutilata Pahelia Petrolemuridae Tingamarra Ungulatomorpha
Ecology: scansorial insectivore