Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Balaenopterinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1864

Current position

Balaenopteridae (Family) Gray, 1864

Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 114.

Alternative positions

Balaenopterinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1864	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 377.
Balenopteridae (Family)

Historical positions

Balaenopteridae (Family) Gray, 1864	Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 114.
Balaenopteridae (Family) Gray, 1864	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 376.
Balaenopteridae (Family) Gray, 1864	Ref: 2000
Balaenopterinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1864	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 377.
Balaenopteridae (Family) Gray, 1864	Ref: J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr., 1993: 349.
Balaenopteridae (Family) Gray, 1864	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 122.
Chordata (Phylum) Bateson, 1885	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 238. [rough position]
Balaenopteridae (Family) Gray, 1864	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1036.
Mysticeti (Suborder) Cope, 1891	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Balaenopteridae (Family) Gray, 1864	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 595.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	5s;2ss; †1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[5s]
1993	J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr.	[5s]
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[5s]
1982	A.F. DeBlase	5s