| Cetancodontamorpha | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Clade: | Cetruminantia |
| Clade: | Cetancodontamorpha Spauldinget al., 2009 |
| Subgroups | |
Cetancodontamorpha is atotal clade ofartiodactyls[1] defined, according to Spauldinget al., asWhippomorpha "plus all extinct taxa more closely related to extant members of Whippomorpha than to any other living species".[2]
Whippomorpha is thecrown clade containingCetacea (whales, dolphins, etc.) andhippopotamuses.[3] Members of the whippomorphstem group (i.e., "stem-whippomorphs") include such taxa as the familyEntelodontidae and the genusAndrewsarchus.[4]
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