Concise hierarchy

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

Original position

Questionably Mysticeti (Suborder) Cope, 1891

Current position

Balaenopteroidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1868

Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 112.

Alternative positions

Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 376.
Mystacoceti (Suborder) (Flower, 1867)	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 595.
Mysticeta (Order)	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1036.
Mysticeti (Suborder) Cope, 1891	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 60.

Historical positions

Balaenopteroidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1868	Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 112-113, fig. 4.11.
Mysticeti (Suborder) Cope, 1891	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 60.
Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 376.
Mysticeti (Suborder) Cope, 1891	Ref: 2000
Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Ref: 1995
Mysticeti (Suborder) Cope, 1891	Ref: J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr., 1993: 350; 6, 349.
Mysticeti (Suborder) Cope, 1891	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 122.
Mysticeti (Suborder) Cope, 1891	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 644.
Mysticeta (Order)	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1036.
Mystacoceti (Suborder) (Flower, 1867)	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 595.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1g;1s; †3g;1v
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 9 Jul 2022	[1g;1s; †3g]
2016	F.G. Marx et al.: 113	[1g; †3g]
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 60	1g;1s
1993	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 6	1g;1s
1993	J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr.	1g;1s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[1g];1s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	1g;1s