Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Platanistoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1846

Original entries

Questionably †Allodelphis (Genus) Wilson, 1935
Questionably †Zarhachis (Genus) Cope, 1868

Subsequent entries

Platanista (Genus) Wagler, 1830

Current position

Platanistoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1846

Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).

Alternative positions

Odontoceta (Order) Ameghino, 1889	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1037.
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 60.

Historical positions

Platanistoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1846	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Platanistoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1846	Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 124-126, fig. 4.25.
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 60.
Platanistoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1846	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 383.
Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Ref: 1995
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867	Ref: J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr., 1993: 360; 6, 349.
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 117.
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 643.
Odontoceta (Order) Ameghino, 1889	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1037.
Platanistoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1846	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 596.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1g;2s; †5g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 12 Jul 2022	[1g;2s; †5g]
2016	F.G. Marx et al.: 125	[1g; †4g]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 60	1g;2s
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[1g; †2g]
1993	J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr.	4g;5s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[4g];~4s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	3sf;[4g;5s]