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Taxon: Suborder Cetacea Brisson, 1762 - cetaceans (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation (M.J. Brisson, 1762) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Original name Brisson, 1762:3, 225.
Subsequent rank (orig. spell.) McKenna, M.C. & Bell, S.K. 1997. Classif. Mamm.: 368 ("Brisson, 1762:3, 225, new rank").

Variants

BasionymCetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 368 (note 1). [new]
Current rankCetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762 Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 445. [inferred]
Current rankCetacea (Infraorder) Brisson, 1762 Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27). [inferred]
Former unranked nameCetacea (Clade) Brisson 1762 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 368. [inferred]

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namecetaceans
whales Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 368. [new]
whales, dolphins, and porpoises
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