Cetancodontamorpha
Clade of tetrapods
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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]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Clade: | Cetruminantia |
| Clade: | Cetancodontamorpha Spaulding et al., 2009 |
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Whippomorpha is the crown clade containing Cetacea (whales, dolphins, etc.) and hippopotamuses.[3] Members of the whippomorph stem group (i.e., "stem-whippomorphs") include such taxa as the family Entelodontidae and the genus Andrewsarchus.[4]