Parent taxon: Artiodactyla according to R. Weppe et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Antiacodontidae, Antiacodontinae, Bunomerycidae, Choeropotamoidea, Climacoceratidae, Diacodexeidae, Dichobunoidea, Eolantianus, Erlianhyus, Eurytheriidae, Haplobunodontidae, Hsanotherium, Leptochoerinae, Merycoidodontoidea, Myanmarius, Neoselenodontia, Nonruminantia, Omnivora, Raphenacodus, Ruminantia, Ruminantiamorpha, Selenodontia, Suiformes, Suoidea, Tapirulidae, Tragulohyus, Trigonolestidae, Tylopoda, Cetruminantia, Entelodontoidea, Whippomorpha
Subtaxa: Cainotheriidae Robiacinidae
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (14 collections), Germany (8), Portugal (1), Spain (10), Switzerland (4)
• Oligocene of Belgium (1), Czechia (1), France (15), Germany (3), Switzerland (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of France (16), Germany (1), Spain (3), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 82 collections including 102 occurrences