Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Mysticeti (Parvorder) Cope, 1891

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 377.

Original entries

Questionably Balaenopterinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1864

Subsequent entries

Eschrichtiinae (Subfamily) Ellerman & Morrison-Scott, 1951

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 378.

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.
Mysticeti (Parvorder) Cope, 1891	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).

Historical positions

Mysticeti (Parvorder) Cope, 1891	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Balaenopteroidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1868	Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 113-114, 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
Mysticeti (Parvorder) Cope, 1891	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 377. [new position]
Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Ref: 1995
Mysticeti (Suborder) Cope, 1891	Ref: J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr., 1993: 349; 6.
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: 1036-1037.
Mystacoceti (Suborder) (Flower, 1867)	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 595.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2g;6s;2ss; †7g;5s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 10 Jul 2022	[2g;6s; †7g]
2016	F.G. Marx et al.: 114	[2g]; †5g
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 60	2g;8s
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[3g; †6g]
1993	J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr.	2g;6s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[2g];6s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	2g;[6s]