Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Ziphioidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1850

Current position

Ziphioidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1850

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

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.
Physeteroidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 595.
Synrhina (Clade) Geisler et al., 2011	Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: fig. 4.28.

Historical positions

Ziphioidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1850	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Synrhina (Clade) Geisler et al., 2011	Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 129-130, fig. 4.28.
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
Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Ref: 1995
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867	Ref: J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr., 1993: 361; 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	6g;19s; †21g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 15 Jul 2022	[6g;19s; †21g]
2016	F.G. Marx et al.: 130	[6g]; †21g
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 60	6g;21s
1993	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 6	6g;19s
1993	J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr.	6g;19s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[6g];~18s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	6g;[18s]