Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Climacoceratidae
Alternative spelling: Climacoceridae
Full reference: W. R. Hamilton. 1978. Fossil giraffes from the Miocene of Africa and a revision of the phylogeny of the Giraffoidea. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B 283(996):165-229
Parent taxon: Artiodactyla according to M. Danowitz et al. 2016
See also Hamilton 1978, Harris et al. 2010, Mitchell and Skinner 2003, Morales et al. 1999 and Pickford et al. 2001
Sister taxa: Achaenodontidae, Ancodonta, Antiacodontidae, Antiacodontinae, Booidea, Bunomerycidae, Cainotherioidea, Choeropotamoidea, Diacodexeidae, Dichobunoidea, Eolantianus, Erlianhyus, Eurytheriidae, Haplobunodontidae, Hsanotherium, Hyodonta, Leptochoerinae, Merycoidodontoidea, Myanmarius, Neoselenodontia, Nonruminantia, Omnivora, Raphenacodus, Ruminantiamorpha, Suiformes, Suoidea, Tapirulidae, Tragulohyus, Trigonolestidae, Tylopoda, Whippomorpha, Entelodontoidea, Cetruminantia
Subtaxa: Climacoceras Climacoceratinae Prolibytherium Sperrgebietomerycinae
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
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