PaleoDB taxon number: 91965
Synonym: Monodelphia Gill 1872 (taxon 105044)
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
Sister taxa: Acreodi, Acristatherium, Ambilestes, Ambolestes, Arctocyonidae, Asioryctitheria, Bibymalagasia, Cimolesta, Didymoconida, Durlstodon, Durlstotherium, Endotherium, Eomaia, Gliriformes, Heptaconodon, Heptaconodon dubium, Holoclemensiidae, Horolodectidae, Hovurlestes, Hyaenodonta, Insectivora, Juramaia, Kennalestoidea, Leptictida, Mingotheriidae, Montanalestes, Mutica, Nanocuridae, Notopterna, Oligoryctidae, Pahelia, Palaeorycteropus, Paranyctoides, Paraxonia, Prokennalestes, Proteutheria, Prozalambdalestes, Quadripedes, Sahnitherium, Sazlestes, Scollardius, Sinodelphys, Taeniodonta, Therictoidea, Trogontia, Ungulata, Zalambdalestidae, Zhelestidae
Subtaxa: Afrotheria, Americatheria, Atlantogenata, Boreoeutheria, Educabilia, Epitheria, Euarchontoglires, Exafroplacentalia, Ineducabilia, Ishatherium, Laurasiatheria, Lipotyphla, Mutilata, Perissodactyla, Petrolemuridae, Pseudorhyncocyonidae, Tingamarra, Ungulatomorpha
Ecology: scansorial insectivore