Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Physeteroidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821

Original entries

Questionably †Helvicetus (Genus) Pilleri, 1986, nom. dub.
Questionably †Hoplocetinae (Subfamily) Cabrera, 1926
Questionably Kogiinae (Subfamily) Gill, 1871
Questionably Physeterinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821

Current position

Physeteroidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821

Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 122.

Alternative positions

Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 376.
Odontoceta (Order) Ameghino, 1889	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1039.
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 60.
Physteroidea (Superfamily) orth. inval.	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27). [misplaced]
Ziphioidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1850

Historical positions

Physteroidea (Superfamily) orth. inval.	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Physeteroidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 122, 123-124, fig. 4.28.
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 60.
Physeteroidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: O. Lambert et al., 2010a: fig. 2.
Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 376.
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867	Ref: 2000
Physeteroidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 379.
Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Ref: 1995
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867	Ref: J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr., 1993: 359; 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: 1039.
Physeteroidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 595.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1g;1s; †9g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 12 Jul 2022	[1g;1s; †9g]
2016	F.G. Marx et al.: 124	[1g; †4g]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 60	1g;1s
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[2g; †20g]
1993	J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr.	2g;3s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[2g];3s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	2g;3s