Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Delphinoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821

Original entries

Questionably Delphinapterinae (Subfamily) Gill, 1871
Questionably Monodontinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821
Questionably Orcaellinae (Subfamily) Nishiwaki, 1972

Current position

Delphinoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821

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

Alternative positions

Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 376.
Monodontoidea (Superfamily) Fraser & Purves, 1960	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 596.
Odontoceta (Order) Ameghino, 1889	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1038.
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 60.

Historical positions

Delphinoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Delphinoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 136-137, fig. 4.37.
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 60.
Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 376.
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867	Ref: 2000
Delphinoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 388.
Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Ref: 1995
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867	Ref: J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr., 1993: 357; 6, 349.
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 120.
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 643.
Odontoceta (Order) Ameghino, 1889	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1038-1039.
Monodontoidea (Superfamily) Fraser & Purves, 1960	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 596.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2g;2s; †2g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 16 Jul 2022	[2g;2s; †2g]
2016	F.G. Marx et al.: 136	[2g];2s; †2g
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 60	2g;2s
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[3g; †1g]
1993	J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr.	2g;2s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[2g];2s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	2g;[2s]