Even-taed ungulate

Even-taed ungulates; Temporal range: 55–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Eocene–Holocene
	Even-taed ungulates. While cetaceans sic as whauls an dolphins are nae normal artiodactyls, thay belang tae the clade; the Artiodactyla are whiles termed the Cetartiodactyla tae reflect this.
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Mammalia
Clade:	Epitheria
Clade:	Boreoeutheria
Superorder:	Laurasiatheria
(unranked):	Ferungulata
Clade:	Cetartiodactyla
Order:	Artiodactyla; Owen, 1848
Subclades
	Tylopoda; Artiofabula Suina; Cetruminantia Ruminantia; Whippomorpha Hippopotamidae; Cetacea Mysticeti; Odontoceti; ; ; ; ;

The even-taed ungulates (Artiodactyla) are ungulates (huifed ainimals) whose wicht is borne aboot equally bi the third an fowert taes, rather than maistly or entirely bi the third as in odd-taed ungulates (perissodactyls), such as horse.

References

↑ Montgelard, Claudine; Catzeflis, Francois M.; Douzery, Emmanuel (1997). "Phylogenetic relationships of artiodactyls and cetaceans as deduced from the comparison of cytochrome b and 12S rRNA mitochondrial sequences" (PDF). Molecular Biology and Evolution. 14 (5): 550–559. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025792. PMID 9159933.

[montgelard97-1] Montgelard, Claudine; Catzeflis, Francois M.; Douzery, Emmanuel (1997). "Phylogenetic relationships of artiodactyls and cetaceans as deduced from the comparison of cytochrome b and 12S rRNA mitochondrial sequences" (PDF). Molecular Biology and Evolution. 14 (5): 550–559. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025792. PMID 9159933.

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