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