Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

†Squalodontoidea (Superfamily) Brandt, 1873

Current position

Platanistoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1846

Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 120.

Alternative positions

Odontoceti ([unranked]) Flower, 1867	Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: fig. 4.18.
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 643.
†Squalodontoidea (Superfamily) Brandt, 1873	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 373.

Historical positions

Platanistoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1846	Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 120, fig. 4.25.
Odontoceti ([unranked]) Flower, 1867	Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: fig. 4.18.
†Squalodontoidea (Superfamily) Brandt, 1873	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 373.
Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Ref: 1995
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 643.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†5g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 10 Jul 2022	[; †5g]
2016	F.G. Marx et al.: 120	†3g
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[; †15g]