Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Questionably Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762

Original entries

Questionably Eschrichtiidae (Family) Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951
Questionably Neobalaenidae (Family) Gray, 1873

Current position

Autoceta ([unranked]) Haeckel, 1866

Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 402; Cope, 1891. [indirect]

Alternative positions

Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762

Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 445.

Historical positions

Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 445.
Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 59.
Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 402.
Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Ref: 2000
Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Ref: J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr., 1993: 349.
Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 122.
Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 644.
Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Ref: A.S. Romer & T.S. Parsons, 1986: 626.
Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[2f;5g;11s; †4f;50g]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 59	4f
1993	J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr.	[4f;6g;11s]
1993	J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr.	[4f;6g;11s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[3f;5g];10s
1988	R.L. Carroll: 644	[3f; †2f]
1979	T.I. Storer et al.	3f5g10s