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Taxon: Infraorder Autoceta Haeckel, 1866 (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

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

Subsequent positions

Cetacea (Suborder) Brisson, 1762 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 371.

Original entries

Questionably †Agabelus (Genus) Cope, 1875, nom. dub.
Questionably †Agorophiidae (Family) Abel, 1913
Questionably †Araeodelphis (Genus) Kellogg, 1957
Questionably †Archaeodelphis (Genus) Allen, 1921
Questionably †Atropatenocetus (Genus) Aslanova, 1977
Questionably †Belosphys (Genus) Cope, 1875, nom. dub.
Questionably †Ceterhinops (Genus) Leidy, 1877
Questionably †Delphinavus (Genus) Lull, 1914
Questionably †Graphiodon (Genus) Leidy, 1870, nom. dub.
Questionably †Hadrodelphis (Genus) Kellogg, 1966
Questionably †Hesperocetus (Genus) True, 1912, nom. dub.
Questionably †Heterodelphis (Genus) Brandt, 1873
Questionably †Imerodelphis (Genus) Mchedlidze, 1959
Questionably †Incacetus (Genus) Colbert, 1944
Questionably †Iniopsis (Genus) Lydekker, 1893
Questionably †Ixacanthus (Genus) Cope, 1868, nom. dub.
Questionably †Kharthlidelphis (Genus) Mchedlidze & Pilleri, 1988
Questionably †Lamprolithax (Genus) Kellogg, 1931
Questionably †Lonchodelphis (Genus) Allen, 1924, nom. dub.
Questionably †Loxolithax (Genus) Kellogg, 1931
Questionably †Macrochirifer (Genus) Brandt, 1874, nom. dub.
Questionably †Microzeuglodon (Genus) Stromer, 1903
Questionably †Miodelphis (Genus) Wilson, 1935
Questionably †Mirocetus (Genus) Mchedlidze, 1970
Questionably †Nannolithax (Genus) Kellogg, 1931
Questionably †Oedolithax (Genus) Kellogg, 1931
Questionably †Oligodelphis (Genus) Aslanova & Mchedlidze, 1976
Questionably †Pelodelphis (Genus) Kellogg, 1955, nom. dub.
Questionably †Phocageneus (Genus) Leidy, 1869
Questionably †Platylithax (Genus) Kellogg, 1931
Questionably †Protodelphinus (Genus) Dal Piaz, 1922
Questionably †Scaptodon (Genus) Chapman, 1918, nom. dub.
Questionably †Sinanodelphis (Genus) Makiyama, 1936
Questionably †Squalodontoidea (Superfamily) Brandt, 1873
Questionably †Tretosphys (Genus) Cope, 1868, nom. dub.
Questionably †Xenorophus (Genus) Kellogg, 1923

Subsequent entries

†Delphinopsis (Genus) Müller, 1853, nom. dub.
Mysticeti (Parvorder) Cope, 1891 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 374.
Odontoceti (Parvorder) Flower, 1867 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 379.
†Priscodelphinus (Genus) Leidy, 1851, nom. dub.
†Stereodelphis (Genus) Gervais, 1848, nom. dub.

Current position

Cetacea (Suborder) Brisson, 1762 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 371. [new position]

Historical positions

Cetacea (Suborder) Brisson, 1762 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 371. [new position]

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 10f;39g;79s; ‡1f;1g;1s; †13f;192g
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [11f;40g; †12f;191g]
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