Classification of Fordyce 2003

Or. Cetacea Brisson 1762 [whale]
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G. †Phococetus Gervais 1876
G. †Platyosphys Kellogg 1936
Subor. †Archaeoceti Flower 1883
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Fm. †Ambulocetidae Thewissen et al. 1996
Fm. †Basilosauridae Cope 1867
Fm. †Pakicetidae Thewissen et al. 1996
Fm. †Protocetidae Stromer 1908
Fm. †Remingtonocetidae Kumar and Sahni 1986
Unr. Neoceti Fordyce and de Muizon 2001
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Subor. Mysticeti Cope 1891
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Fm. †Aetiocetidae Emlong 1966
Fm. Balaenidae Gray 1821 [right whale]
Fm. Balaenopteridae Gray 1864 [rorqual]
Fm. Cetotheriidae Brandt 1872
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G. †Cetotherium Brandt 1843
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†Cetotherium rathkii Brandt 1843
G. †Herpetocetus Van Beneden 1872
G. †Cetotheriopsis Brandt 1871
Fm. Eschrichtiidae Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott 1951 [gray whale]
Fm. †Llanocetidae Mitchell 1989
Fm. †Mammalodontidae Mitchell 1989
G. †Mauicetus Benham 1939
Fm. Neobalaenidae Miller 1923 [pygmy right whale]
Subor. Odontoceti Flower 1867 [toothed whale]
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G. †Agorophius Cope 1895
Unr. Odontoceti Flower 1867 [toothed whale]
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Invalid names: Squalodon (Microzeuglodon) wingei Ravn 1926 [invalid subgroup]