Cetancodontamorpha
| Cetacodontamorpha | |
|---|---|
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| Andrewsarchus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Clade: | Cetruminantia |
| Clade: | Cetancodontamorpha Spaulding et al., 2009 |
| Genera and Clades | |
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†Siamotherium | |
Cetancodontamorpha is a total clade of artiodactyls[1] defined, according to Spaulding et al., as Whippomorpha "plus all extinct taxa more closely related to extant members of [Whippomorpha] than to any other living species.".[2] Attempts have been made to rename the clade Whippomorpha to Cetancodonta, but the former maintains precedent.[3]
Whippomorpha is the crown clade containing Cetacea (whales, dolphins, etc.) and hippopotamuses.[4] According to Spaulding et al., members of the whippomorph stem group (i.e., "stem-whippomorphs") include such taxa as members of the family Entelodontidae and the genus Andrewsarchus.
References
- ↑ http://scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoology/2010/06/artiodactyl_consensus_cladogram.php#comments
- ↑ "Relationships of Cetacea (Artiodactyla) among mammals: increased taxon sampling alters interpretations of key fossils and character evolution". PLoS ONE 4 (9): e7062. 2009. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007062. PMC 2740860. PMID 19774069.
- ↑ Asher, Robert J.; Helgen, Kristofer M. (2010). "Nomenclature and placental mammal phylogeny". BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 102. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-102. PMC 2865478. PMID 20406454.
- ↑ A higher-level MRP supertree of placental mammals