Full reference: F. Welker, M. J. Collins, J. A. Thomas, M. Wadsley, S. Brace, E. Cappellini, S. T. Turvey, M. Reguero, J. N. Gelfo, A. Kramarz, J. Burger, J. Thomas-Oates, D. A. Ashford, P. D. Ashton, K. Rowsell, D. M. Porter, B. Kessler, R. Fischer, C. Baessmann, S. Kaspar, J. V. Olsen and P. Kiley. 2015. Ancient proteins resolve the evolutionary history of Darwin’s South American ungulates. Nature 522:81-84
Parent taxon: Euungulata according to F. Welker et al. 2015
Sister taxa: Artiodactylamorpha, Mesodactyli, Altungulata, Tesserachenae, Kharmerungulatum, Cetungulata, Sivatheridae, Diplarthra, Palaeocladosictis, Amblypoda, Tipotheria, Barypoda, Polydactyli, Procreodi, Hydrophorae, Hyraces, Capridae, Ruminantes, Antilopidae, Barytheria, Monochenae, Bellua, Trichenae, Haloboidea, Ganungulatum, Protungulata
Subtaxa: Panameriungulata Perissodactylamorpha Phenacodonta
Ecology: scansorial insectivore