†family Achaenodontidae (even-toed ungulate)
Parent taxon: Artiodactyla according to O. A. Peterson 1919
Sister taxa: Achtiaria, Antiacodontidae, Antiacodontinae, Caenotheriidae, Cetancodontamorpha, Choeropotamoidea, Delahomeryx, Dichobunoidea, Dulcidon, Eolantianus, Eschatiidae, Eurytheriidae, Helohyinae, Hexacodus, Hidrosotherium, Hsanotherium, Leptochoerinae, Lophiomerycidae, Neoselenodontia, Nonruminantia, Palaeodonta, Protolabididae, Raoellidae, Raphenacodus, Ruminantiamorpha, Simpsonodus, Suiformes, Suoidea, Tragulohyus, Tylopoda, Whippomorpha, Entelodontoidea, Ancodonta, Cetruminantia
Subtaxa: Parahyus
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser