Authorship

Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]	:	†*Basilosaurinae* (Subfamily) Cope, 1868
Type	:	†*Basilosaurus* (Genus) Harlan, 1834		Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 101. [inferred]

Synonymous name	:	†*Dorudontinae* (Subfamily) Miller, 1923	Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Hydrarchidae* (Family) Bonaparte, 1850	Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Hydrarchina* (Family) (Bonaparte, 1850)	Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Prozeuglodontidae* (Family) Moustafa, 1954	Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name	:	*Stegorhinidae* (Family) Brandt, 1873	Ref: PBDB: 27 Oct 2013.
Synonymous name	:	†*Zeuglodontidae* (Family) Bonaparte, 1849	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 643).