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Taxon: Parvorder
Mysticeti
(Cope, 1891) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- whalebone whales
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Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
....Naturalia - natural bodies
......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Unikonta
............Opisthokonta
..............Holozoa
................Kingdom Animalia - animals
..................Epitheliozoa
....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
......................Bilateria - bilaterians
........................Eubilateria
..........................Deuterostomia - deuterostomes
............................Phylum Chordata - chordates
..............................Subphylum Vertebrata - vertebrates
................................Infraphylum Gnathostomata - jawed vertebrates
..................................Superclass Tetrapoda - tetrapods
....................................Reptiliomorpha
......................................Batrachosauria
........................................Amniota
..........................................Synapsida
............................................Therapsida
..............................................Theriodontia
................................................Eutheriodontia
..................................................Cynodontia
....................................................Eucynodontia
......................................................Mammaliamorpha
........................................................Mammaliaformes
..........................................................Holotheria
............................................................Class Mammalia - mammals
..............................................................Theriimorpha
................................................................Theriiformes
..................................................................Trechnotheria
....................................................................Cladotheria
......................................................................Zatheria
........................................................................Subclass Boreosphenida
..........................................................................Theria
............................................................................Infraclass Eutheria
..............................................................................Cohort Placentalia - placentals
................................................................................Magnorder Boreoeutheria
..................................................................................Grandorder Laurasiatheria
....................................................................................Scrotifera
......................................................................................Fereuungulata
........................................................................................Euungulata
..........................................................................................Mirorder Eparctocyona
............................................................................................Order Cetartiodactyla
..............................................................................................Whippomorpha
................................................................................................Suborder Cetacea - cetaceans
..................................................................................................Infraorder Autoceta
....................................................................................................Genus †Agabelus
....................................................................................................Genus †Araeodelphis
....................................................................................................Genus †Archaeodelphis
....................................................................................................Genus †Atropatenocetus
....................................................................................................Genus †Belosphys
....................................................................................................Genus †Ceterhinops
....................................................................................................Genus †Delphinavus
....................................................................................................Genus †Delphinopsis
....................................................................................................Genus †Graphiodon
....................................................................................................Genus †Hadrodelphis
....................................................................................................Genus †Hesperocetus
....................................................................................................Genus †Heterodelphis
....................................................................................................Genus †Imerodelphis
....................................................................................................Genus †Incacetus
....................................................................................................Genus †Iniopsis
....................................................................................................Genus †Ixacanthus
....................................................................................................Genus †Kharthlidelphis
....................................................................................................Genus †Lamprolithax
....................................................................................................Genus †Lonchodelphis
....................................................................................................Genus †Loxolithax
....................................................................................................Genus †Macrochirifer
....................................................................................................Genus †Microzeuglodon
....................................................................................................Genus †Miodelphis
....................................................................................................Genus †Mirocetus
....................................................................................................Genus †Nannolithax
....................................................................................................Genus †Oedolithax
....................................................................................................Genus †Oligodelphis
....................................................................................................Genus †Pelodelphis
....................................................................................................Genus †Phocageneus
....................................................................................................Genus †Platylithax
....................................................................................................Genus †Priscodelphinus
....................................................................................................Genus †Protodelphinus
....................................................................................................Genus †Scaptodon
....................................................................................................Genus †Sinanodelphis
....................................................................................................Genus †Stereodelphis
....................................................................................................Genus †Tretosphys
....................................................................................................Genus †Xenorophus
....................................................................................................Family †Agorophiidae
....................................................................................................Superfamily †Squalodontoidea
....................................................................................................Parvorder Odontoceti
....................................................................................................Parvorder Mysticeti - whalebone whales
......................................................................................................Genus †Eucetites
......................................................................................................Genus †Mizuhoptera
......................................................................................................Genus †Siphonocetus
......................................................................................................Genus †Tretulias
......................................................................................................Genus †Ulias
......................................................................................................Subfamily †Kekenodontinae
......................................................................................................Family †Aetiocetidae
......................................................................................................Family Balaenidae - right whales
......................................................................................................Family Balaenopteridae - rorquals
......................................................................................................Family †Cetotheriidae
......................................................................................................Family †Llanocetidae
......................................................................................................Family †Mammalodontidae
......................................................................................................(Subfamily †Llanocetidae)
Authorship
Original name
Cope, 1891:69
Subsequent rank
McKenna, M.C. & Bell, S.K. 1997. Columbia University Press, New York..
: 374
Original spelling
Types
Type
Balaenidae
(Family)
(Gray, 1821) Gray, 1825
Variants
Basionym
Mysticeti
(Suborder)
Cope, 1891
[
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 374
]
Different rank
Mysticeta
(Order)
Different rank
Mysticeti
(Suborder)
Cope, 1891
Taxonomic positions
Original position
Autoceta
(Infraorder)
Haeckel, 1866
Vernacular Names
English
:
baleen whales; whalebone whales
Number of Subtaxa
2013
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
2f;5g;11s;2ss; †4f;50g;2s
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
2f;5g;11s; †4f;50g
1997
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell
[2f;5g; †3f;49g]
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