Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Mysticeti (Parvorder) Cope, 1891

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

Original entries

Questionably †Balaenula (Genus) Van Beneden, 1872
Questionably Caperea (Genus) Gray, 1864
Questionably †Mesoteras (Genus) Cope, 1870, nom. dub.
Questionably †Morenocetus (Genus) Cabrera, 1926
Questionably †Protobalaena (Genus) Du Bus, 1867, nom. dub.

Subsequent entries

Balaena (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Balaenoidea (Superfamily) Flower, 1865

Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: fig. 4.11. [alternative position]

Alternative positions

Balaenomorpha (Clade) Geisler & Sanders, 2003	Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 108.
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).
Balaenomorpha (Clade) Geisler & Sanders, 2003	Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 108; fig. 4.11.
Balaenoidea (Superfamily) Flower, 1865	Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: fig. 4.11. [alternative position]
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: 378. [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.
Mystacoceti (Suborder) (Flower, 1867)	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 595.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	2g;3s; †6g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 10 Jul 2022	[2g; †6g]
2016	F.G. Marx et al.: 108	[2g]; †4g
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 60	2g;4s
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[2g; †4g]
1993	J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr.	2g;3s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[2g];3s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	2g;3s