Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
 see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
  
 Gnathostomata
    
 Teleostomi Bonaparte, 1836
      
 Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988], nom. cl. inval.
 see Clade Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Laurin 2020]
        
 Amniota Haeckel, 1866 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988], nom. cl. inval. - amniotes
 see Clade Amniota Haeckel 1866 [Laurin & Reisz 2020]
          
 Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
            
 Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
              
 Theria of Metatherian-Eutherian grade
                
 Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                  
 Order Cetacea Brisson, 1762 - whales, dolphins, and porpoises
 see Infraorder Cetacea Brisson, 1762
                    
 Suborder Odontoceti Flower, 1867 - toothed whales
 see Parvorder Odontoceti Flower, 1867
                      
 01 Family †Kentriodontidae Slijper, 1936
                      
 02 Family †Squalodontidae Brandt, 1873 - shark-toothed dolphins
                      
 03 Family Platanistidae Gray, 1846 - river dolphins
                      
 04 Family Ziphiidae Gray, 1850 - beaked whales
                      
 05 Family Delphinidae Gray, 1821 - oceanic dolphins
                      
 06 Family †Rhabdosteidae Gill, 1871
 see Family Eurhinodelphinidae Abel, 1901
                      
 07 Family †Albireonidae Barnes, 1984
                      
 08 Family †Acrodelphidae Abel, 1905
 see Family Acrodelphinidae Abel, 1905, nom. dub.
                      
 09 Family Monodontidae Gray, 1821 - white whales
                      
 10 Family Phocaenidae
 see Family Phocoenidae Gray, 1825
                      
 11 Family Pontoporiidae Gray, 1870 - Franciscana, La Plata dolphin
                      
 12 Family Physeteridae Gray, 1821 - sperm whales
                      
 13 Family †Agorophiidae Abel, 1913