Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Questionably Delphinoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821

Original entries

Questionably †Prolipotes (Genus) Zhou, Zhou & Zhao, 1984, nom. dub.

Subsequent entries

Lipotes (Genus) Miller, 1918

Current position

Lipotoidea (Superfamily) de Muizon, 1988

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

Alternative positions

Delphinida ([unranked]) de Muizon, 1984	Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 131.
Delphinoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 387.
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 60.
Platanistoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1846

Historical positions

Lipotoidea (Superfamily) de Muizon, 1988	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Delphinida ([unranked]) de Muizon, 1984	Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 131, figs. 4.28, 4.37.
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 60.
Delphinoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 387.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	‡1g;1s‡‡1g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 15 Jul 2022	[; ‡1g;1s; †1g]
2016	F.G. Marx et al.: 131	[; ‡1g;1s; †1g]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 60	1g;1s
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[1g; †1g]