Clade Artiodactylamorpha Spaulding et al. 2009 (placental)
Full reference: M. Spaulding, M. A. O'Leary, and J. Gatesy. 2009. Relationships of Cetacea (Artiodactyla) among mammals: Increased taxon sampling alters interpretations of key fossils and character evolution. PloS One 4(9):e7062
Parent taxon: Euungulata according to M. Spaulding et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Panperissodactyla, Protungulata, Tesserachenae, Altungulata, Palaeocladosictis, Cetungulata, Amblypoda, Diplarthra, Barypoda, Tipotheria, Ruminantes, Kharmerungulatum, Antilopidae, Mesodactyli, Barytheria, Monochenae, Capridae, Procreodi, Sivatheridae, Hyraces, Polydactyli, Ganungulatum, Haloboidea, Trichenae, Hydrophorae
Subtaxa: Artiodactyla
Ecology: scansorial insectivore