Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Probably Polyphyletic (poly)

Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 130-131.

Original position

Questionably Delphinoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821

Original entries

Questionably †Atocetus (Genus) de Muizon, 1988
Questionably †Belonodelphis (Genus) de Muizon, 1988
Questionably †Kampholophinae (Subfamily) Barnes, 1978
Questionably †Lophocetinae (Subfamily) Barnes, 1978

Subsequent entries

†Kentriodontinae (Subfamily) Slijper, 1936

Current position

Delphinida ([unranked]) de Muizon, 1984

Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 131.

Alternative positions

Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Ref: [Anonymous], 1995
Delphinoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 388.
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 643).

Historical positions

Delphinida ([unranked]) de Muizon, 1984	Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 131, 133-134.
Delphinoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 388.
Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Ref: 1995
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 643).

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†8g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	[; †11g]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[; †11g]