Subfamily Sminthopsinae Archer 1982 (marsupial)
Mammalia - Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae
Full reference: M. Archer. 1982. Review of the dasyurid (Marsupialia) fossil record, integration of data bearing on phylogenetic interpretation, and suprageneric classification. Carnivorous Marsuliaps 2:397-443
Parent taxon: Dasyuridae according to C. Krajewski et al. 1992
See also Dawson et al. 1999 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Barinyainae, Dasyurinae, Glaucodon, Murexia, Muricinae, Ningaui, Phascogalinae, Phascolosorexinae, Phascolosoricinae, Planigalinae
Subtaxa: Planigalini Sminthopsini
Ecology: scansorial insectivore-carnivore
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