Concise hierarchy

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

Phylogeny

Probably Paraphyletic/Ancestral (para)

Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: fig. 4.3.

Subsequent positions

†Archaeoceti (Infraorder) Flower, 1883

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 369.

Original entries

Questionably †Basilosaurinae (Subfamily) Cope, 1868
Questionably †Dorudontinae (Subfamily) Miller, 1923

Current position

Pelagiceti (Clade) Uhen, 2008

Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 101; Marx et al., 2016: fig. 4.3.

Alternative positions

†Archaeoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1883	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 643.
†Archaeoceti (Infraorder) Flower, 1883	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 369; Thewissen et al., 2007: 1190. [new position]
Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Ref: J.G.M. Thewissen et al., 2007: 1190.

Historical positions

Pelagiceti (Clade) Uhen, 2008	Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: 101-102, fig. 4.3.
Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Ref: J.G.M. Thewissen et al., 2007: 1190.
†Archaeoceti (Infraorder) Flower, 1883	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 369. [new position]
Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762	Ref: 1995
†Archaeoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1883	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 643.

Number of Subtaxa

2025	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	†13g;7s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 7 Jul 2022	[; †13g]
2016	F.G. Marx et al.: 101	†13g
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[; †6g]