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