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Taxon: Order Cete Linnaeus, 1758 (mammal)

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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia

Original position

Pinnata ([unranked]) Linnaeus, 1758

Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 16.

Subsequent positions

*Eparctocyona* (Mirorder) McKenna, 1975
*Mutica* ([unranked]) Linnaeus, 1766		Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 24. [assumed]

Original entries

*Balaena* (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
*Delphinus* (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
*Monodon* (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758
*Physeter* (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758

Subsequent entries

†*Acreodi* (Suborder) Matthew, 1909		Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 366.
*Cetacea* (Suborder) Brisson, 1762		Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 368.

Current position

Eparctocyona (Mirorder) McKenna, 1975

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 366.

Alternative positions

*Mutica* ([unranked]) Linnaeus, 1766	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1766: 105. [new position]
*Pinnata* ([unranked]) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 16. [new taxon]

Historical positions

*Eparctocyona* (Mirorder) McKenna, 1975	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 366.
*Mutica* ([unranked]) Linnaeus, 1766	Ref: C. a Linné, 1766: 25, 105; 24. [new position]
*Pinnata* ([unranked]) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 16, 17, 75. [new taxon]

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[10f;39g;79s; ‡1f;1g;1s; †21f;245g]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[11f;40g; †18f;243g]
1766	C. a Linné	[4g]
1758	C. Linnaeus	[4g;12s]

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