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, Ganungulatum, Hydrophorae, Sivatheridae, Polydactyli, Palaeocladosictis, Tesserachenae, Trichenae, Barypoda, Ruminantes, Amblypoda, Mesodactyli, Antilopidae, Altungulata, Kharmerungulatum, Monochenae, Protungulata, Tipotheria, Haloboidea, Capridae, Procreodi, Cetungulata, Hyraces, Diplarthra, Barytheria
Subtaxa: Artiodactyla
Ecology: scansorial insectivore