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Taxon: Parvorder Odontoceti Flower, 1867 - toothed 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: 379.

Original entries

Delphinoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 383.
Hyperoodontoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1846 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 381.
†Pachyacanthus (Genus) Brandt, 1871 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 379.
Physeteroidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 379.
Platanistoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1846 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 383.

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: 379. [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: 379. [new rank]

Number of Subtaxa

2025 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 9f;32g;66s;12ss; ‡1f;1g;1s; †16f;149g;32s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 8f;34g;68s; ‡1f;1g;1s; †6f;81g
2020 C.J. Burgin et al.: table 2 (p. 27) [10f]
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [9f;35g; †6f;81g]
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