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Ungulate

ungulate

1. Shaped like a hoof.

2. (Science: zoology) Furnished with hoofs. See the note under nail.

Origin: L. Ungulatus. See Ungula.

(Science: zoology) Any hoofed quadruped; one of the ungulata.


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The origin of the whale 'We start with Sinonyx, a wolf-sized mesonychid (a primitive ungulate from the order Condylarthra, which gave rise to artiodactyls, perissodactyls, proboscideans, and so on) from the late Paleocene, about 60 million years ago. http://www.talkorigins.org/features/whales/ ...

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... occur, then what is to theoretically stop a remote ancestor from evolving into all of the primates? What is theoretically to stop an ancient ungulate from evolving into a whale, or an ancient fish into an amphibian? http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/denton.html From same source: Denton does ...

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