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Taxon: Parvorder Mysticeti Cope, 1891 - whalebone whales (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Autoceta (Infraorder) Haeckel, 1866 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 374.

Original entries

†Aetiocetidae (Family) Emlong, 1966 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 375.
Balaenidae (Family) Gray, 1821 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 378.
Balaenopteridae (Family) Gray, 1864 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 377.
†Cetotheriidae (Family) Brandt, 1872 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 375.
†Eucetites (Genus) Ameghino, 1901, nom. dub. Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 375.
†Kekenodontinae (Subfamily) Mitchell, 1989 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 375.
†Llanocetidae (Family) Mitchell, 1989 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 375. [implicit]
†Llanocetidae (Subfamily) Mitchell, 1989 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 375.
†Mammalodontidae (Family) Mitchell, 1989 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 375.
†Mizuhoptera (Genus) Hatai, Hayasaka & Masuda, 1963 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 374.
†Siphonocetus (Genus) Cope, 1895, nom. dub. Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 374.
†Tretulias (Genus) Cope, 1895, nom. dub. Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 375.
†Ulias (Genus) Cope, 1895, nom. dub. Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 375.

Current position

Neoceti (Clade) Fordyce & de Muizon, 2001 Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27); Marx et al., 2016: fig. 4.3. [indirect]

Alternative positions

Autoceta (Infraorder) Haeckel, 1866 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 374; Cope, 1891. [new rank]
Cetacea (Infraorder) Brisson, 1762 Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27); Upham et al., 2019: Data S3.

Historical positions

Cetacea (Infraorder) Brisson, 1762 Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762 Ref: J.G.M. Thewissen et al., 2007: 1190.
Autoceta (Infraorder) Haeckel, 1866 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 374. [new rank]

Number of Subtaxa

2025 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 4f;6g;11s;2ss; †7f;71g;13s;1v
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 17 Jul 2022 [4f;6g; †7f;71g]
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [2f;5g; †3f;49g]
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