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Cetancodontamorpha

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Cetancodontamorpha
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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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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]

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