Clade Cetungulata Irwin and Wilson 1993 (placental)
Parent taxon: Ungulata according to J. D. Archibald 1998
Sister taxa: Artiodactylamorpha, Panperissodactyla, Capridae, Hyraces, Amblypoda, Trichenae, Monochenae, Tipotheria, Mesodactyli, Kharmerungulatum, Altungulata, Diplarthra, Ruminantes, Procreodi, Tesserachenae, Polydactyli, Protungulata, Barypoda, Sivatheridae, Haloboidea, Ganungulatum, Antilopidae, Barytheria, Bellua, Palaeocladosictis, Hydrophorae
Ecology: scansorial insectivore