†order Symmetrodonta Simpson 1925 (symmetrodont)
Parent taxon: Allotheria according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Averianov 2002, Averianov and Lopatin 2011, Bonaparte 1990, Carroll 1988, Cassiliano and Clemens 1979, Chow and Rich 1982, Hu et al. 1997, McKenna 1975, Olson 1966, Prothero 1981, Simpson 1928 and Simpson 1929
Sister taxa: Boreodon, Eleutherodontida, Euharamiyida, Fractinus, Gondwanatheria, Multituberculata
Subtaxa: Amphidontidae Barbereniidae Kuehneon Spalacotheriida Tinodontida Trishulotherium Woutersiidae
Ecology: scansorial insectivore