Mammalia Linnaeus 1758 [Rowe 1988], nom. cl. inval.
see Clade Mammalia Linnaeus 1758 [Rowe 2020]
Status: extant
Cetartiodactyla Montgelard, Catzeflis & Douzery 1997
see Order Cetartiodactyla Montgelard, Catzeflis & Douzery, 1997
Status: extant
Whippomorpha Waddell, Okada & Hasegawa 1999
see Suborder Whippomorpha
Status: extant
Cetacea Brisson 1762
see Suborder Cetacea Brisson, 1762
Status: extant
Pelagiceti Uhen, 2008
Status: extant
Neoceti Fordyce & de Muizon, 2001
Status: extant
Odontoceti Flower, 1867
see Parvorder Odontoceti Flower, 1867
Status: extant
Synrhina Geisler et al., 2011
Status: extant
Superfamily Platanistoidea Gray, 1846
Status: extant
2.1.1? Family †Squalodontidae Brandt, 1873 - shark-toothed dolphins
Distribution: Australasia, North & South America, Europe; Period: Late Oligocene - Middle Miocene [28.1 - 11.63 Mya]; Status: fossil
2.1.2? Family †Dalpiazinidae de Muizon, 1988 [monotypic]
Status: fossil
2.2.1? Family †Waipatiidae Fordyce, 1994
Distribution: Europe;Australasia, Pacific; Period: Late Oligocene - Middle Miocene [28.1 - 11.63 Mya]; Status: fossil
2.2.2.1 Family †Allodelphinidae Barnes, 2006
Distribution: Asia, North America; Period: Miocene [23.03 - 5.333 Mya]; Status: fossil
2.2.2.2.1 Family †Squalodelphinidae Dal Piaz, 1916
Period: Early Miocene [23.03 - 15.97 Mya]; Status: fossil
2.2.2.2.2 Family Platanistidae Gray, 1846 - river dolphins
Distribution: Europe, Asia, North & South America (marine & freshwater); Period: Early Miocene - Present [23.03 Mya - present]; Status: extant