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