Concise hierarchy

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

Current position

Delphinoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821

Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27); Marx et al., 2016: fig. 4.37.

Alternative positions

Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 376.
Odontoceta (Order) Ameghino, 1889	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1037.
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 60.

Historical positions

Delphinoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Src: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Delphinoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Src: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 139-141, fig. 4.37.
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867	Src: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 60.
Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Src: J. van der Land, 2001: 376.
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867	Src: 2000
Delphinoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Src: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 384.
Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Src: 1995
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867	Src: J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr., 1993: 351; 6, 349.
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867	Src: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 117.
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867	Src: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 643).
Odontoceta (Order) Ameghino, 1889	Src: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1037-1038.
Delphinoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Src: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 597.

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	17g;33s;8ss; †9g;1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 17 Jul 2022	[17g;33s; †9g]
2016	F.G. Marx et al.: 140	17g; †9g
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 60	17g;36s
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[16g; †1g]
1993	J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr.	17g;32s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[17g];~34s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	7sf;17g