Suborder Phalangerida Aplin and Archer 1987 (diprotodont marsupial)
Parent taxon: Diprotodontia according to M. Munemasa et al. 2006
See also Roberts et al. 2007
Sister taxa: Alkwertatherium, Burramyoidea, Macropodidae, Macropodiformes, Phalangeriformes, Phalangeroidea, Phalangista convolutor, Phascolarctoidea, Phascolomyoidea, Potoroidae, Pseudocheiridae, Silvabestius, Vombatiformes
Subtaxa: Macropodoidea
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (184 collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Australia (6)
• Pliocene of Australia (15)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of Australia (20)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (5)
Total: 232 collections including 441 occurrences