Full reference: P. J. Waddell, N. Okada, and M. Hasegawa. 1999. Towards resolving the interordinal relationships of placental mammals. Systematic Biology 48(1):1-5
Parent taxon: Artiodactyla according to M. D. Uhen et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Achaenodontidae, 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, Entelodontoidea, Ancodonta, Cetruminantia
Subtaxa: Anthracotheriodea
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer-browser