Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Probably Paraphyletic/Ancestral (para)

Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 100, fig. 4.3.

Subsequent positions

†Archaeoceti (Infraorder) Flower, 1883

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 369.

Original entries

Questionably †Babiacetus (Genus) Trivedi & Satsangi, 1984
Questionably †Gaviacetus (Genus) Gingerich, Arif & Clyde, 1995
Questionably †Pakicetinae (Subfamily) Gingerich & Russell, 1990
Questionably †Pappocetus (Genus) Andrews, 1920
Questionably †Rodhocetus (Genus) Gingerich, Raza, Arif, Anwar & Zhou, 1994
Questionably †Takracetus (Genus) Gingerich, Arif & Clyde, 1995

Subsequent entries

†Eocetus (Genus) Fraas, 1904

Current position

Cetacea (Infraorder) Brisson, 1762

Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 99. [implicit]

Alternative positions

†Archaeoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1883	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 643.
†Archaeoceti (Infraorder) Flower, 1883	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 369. [new position]
Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Ref: J.G.M. Thewissen et al., 2007: 1190.
Cetacea (Clade) Brisson 1762	Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 99.

Historical positions

Cetacea (Clade) Brisson 1762	Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 99-100, fig. 4.3.
Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Ref: J.G.M. Thewissen et al., 2007: 1190.
†Archaeoceti (Infraorder) Flower, 1883	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 369. [new position]
Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Ref: 1995
†Archaeoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1883	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 643.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†19g;4s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 7 Jul 2022	[; †19g]
2016	F.G. Marx et al.: 100	†19g
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[; †12g]