Artiodactyla

‎Classis: Mammalia
Cladus: Euungulata
Ordo: Artiodactyla
Cladi: Artiofabula – Tylopoda

Conspectus familiarum

Antilocapridae – Balaenidae –Balaenopteridae –Bovidae –Camelidae –Cervidae –Cetotheriidae –Delphinidae –Eschrichtiidae –Giraffidae –Hippopotamidae –Iniidae –Kogiidae –Lipotidae –Monodontidae –Moschidae –Neobalaenidae –Phocoenidae –Physeteridae –Platanistidae –Pontoporiidae –Suidae –Tayassuidae –Tragulidae –Ziphiidae –†Aetiocetidae –†Agriochoeridae –†Allodelphinidae –†Ambulocetidae –†Amphimerycidae –†Anoplotheriidae –†Anthracotheriidae –†Archaeomerycidae –†Basilosauridae –†Cainootheriidae –†Cebochoeridae –†Choeropotamidae –†Climacoceratidae –†Diacodexeidae –†Dichobunidae –†Dromomerycidae –†Entelodontidae –†Eomysticetidae –†Eoplatanistidae –†Eurhinodelphinidae –†Gelocidae –†Helohyidae –†Homacodontidae –†Hoplitomerycidae –†Hypertragulidae –†Kentriodontidae –†Leptochoeridae –†Leptomerycidae –†Llanocetidae –†Lophiomerycidae –†Mammalodontidae –†Merycoidodontidae –†Mixtotheriidae –†Pakicetidae –†Palaeomerycidae –†Praetragulidae –†Protoceratidae –†Protocetidae –†Raoellidae –†Remingtonocetidae –†Tranatocetidae –†Waipatiidae –†Xenorophidae –†Xiphodontidae

Artiodactyla Owen, 1848: 131

Etymology: "Ἄρτιος, par, δάκτυλος, digitus" [even + digits] [Owen, 1848: 131]

Synonyms

• Cetartiodactyla Montgelard, Catzeflis & Douzery, 1997: 550 [syn. Asher & Helgen, 2010]
• Eparctocyona McKenna, 1975: 41 [syn. Asher & Helgen, 2010]

Primary references

• Owen, R. 1848. Description of Teeth and portions of Jaws of two extinct Anthracotherioid Quadrupeds (Hyopotamus vectianus and Hyop. bovinus) discovered by the Marchioness of Hastings in the Eocene Deposits on the N.W. coast of the Isle of Wight: with an attempt to develope Cuvier's idea of the Classification of Pachyderms by the Number of their Toes. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 4(1): 103–141. BHL Reference page. 
• McKenna, M.C. 1975. Toward a phylogenetic classification of the Mammalia. pp. 21–46. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-2166-8_2 In: Luckett, W.P. & Szalay, F.S. (eds.) Phylogeny of the primates: a multidisciplinary approach. New York: Plenum. ISBN 978-0-3063-0852-9 Reference page. 
• Montgelard, C., Catzeflis, F.M. & Douzery, E. 1997. Phylogenetic relationships of artiodactyls and cetaceans as deduced from the comparison of cytochrome b and 12S rRNA mitochondrial sequences. Molecular Biology and Evolution 14(5): 550–559. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a025792 Reference page. 
• Asher, R.J. & Helgen, K.M. 2010. Nomenclature and placental mammal phylogeny. BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 102. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-10-102 Reference page. 

Links

• Artiodactyla in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.