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Under construction Taxon: Suborder Mysticeti Cope, 1891 - baleen whales
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Authorship

Original nameCope, 1891:69
Original rank
Original spelling

Variants

Subsequent rankMysticeti (Parvorder) (Cope, 1891) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997[M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 374]
Different rankMysticeta (Order)[A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1036]
Different rankMysticeti (Parvorder) (Cope, 1891) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Different spellingMystacoceti (Suborder)

Taxonomic positions

Original positionCetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762

Vernacular Names

Dutch:baleinwalvissen
English:baleen whales

Number of Subtaxa

1989-presentSystema Naturae 2000[2f;5g;11s; †4f;50g]
1993J.G. Mead & R.L. Brownell Jr.[4f;6g;11s]
1991G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill[3f;5g];10s
1979T.I. Storer et al.3f5g10s
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