Opinions from R. E. Fordyce and C. D. Roberts 2009

  • 'Archaeoceti belongs to Cetacea'
  • 'Austrosqualodon belongs to Squalodontidae'
  • 'Austrosqualodon trirhizodonta belongs to Austrosqualodon'
  • 'Balaenoptera belongs to Balaenopteridae'
  • 'Balaenopteridae belongs to Mysticeti'
  • 'Balanadae is corrected as Balaenidae and belongs to Mysticeti'
  • 'Basilosauridae belongs to Archaeoceti'
  • 'Basilosaurinae belongs to Basilosauridae'
  • 'Dalpiazinidae belongs to Odontoceti'
  • 'Delphinidae belongs to Delphinoidea'
  • 'Delphinus belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Delphinus delphis belongs to Delphinus'
  • 'Dorudon belongs to Dorudontinae'
  • 'Dorudontidae was reranked as the subfamily Dorudontinae and belongs to Basilosauridae'
  • 'Eomysticetidae belongs to Mysticeti'
  • 'Eurhinodelphidae is corrected as Eurhinodelphinidae and belongs to Odontoceti'
  • 'Globicephala belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Hyperoodon belongs to Ziphiidae'
  • 'Kekenodon belongs to Archaeoceti'
  • 'Kentriodon belongs to Kentriodontidae'
  • 'Kentriodon pernix belongs to Kentriodon'
  • 'Kogia belongs to Kogiidae'
  • 'Llanocetidae belongs to Mysticeti'
  • 'Llanocetus belongs to Llanocetidae'
  • 'Lophocephalus parki is recombined as Mauicetus parki'
  • 'Mauicetus belongs to Balaenopteridae'
  • 'Mauicetus brevicollis is an invalid subgroup of Mysticeti'
  • 'Mauicetus lophocephalus is an invalid subgroup of Eomysticetidae'
  • 'Mauicetus waitakiensis is an invalid subgroup of Eomysticetidae'
  • 'Microcetus hectori is an invalid subgroup of Squalodelphinidae'
  • 'Notocetus belongs to Squalodelphinidae'
  • 'Orcinus belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Phocaenopsis belongs to Eurhinodelphinidae'
  • 'Phocaenopsis mantelli belongs to Phocaenopsis'
  • 'Prosqualodon davidis belongs to Prosqualodon'
  • 'Prosqualodon hamiltoni is an invalid subgroup of Squalodontidae'
  • 'Prosqualodon marplesi is recombined as Notocetus marplesi'
  • 'Pseudorca belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Scaldicetus belongs to Physeteridae'
  • 'Squalodon andrewi is an invalid subgroup of Squalodontidae'
  • 'Squalodon gambierensis is an invalid subgroup of Archaeoceti'
  • 'Squalodon serratus is an invalid subgroup of Archaeoceti'
  • 'Tangaroasaurus belongs to Squalodontidae'
  • 'Tangaroasaurus kakanuiensis belongs to Tangaroasaurus'
  • 'Waipatia belongs to Waipatiidae'
  • 'Waipatia maerewhenua belongs to Waipatia'
  • 'Zygorhiza belongs to Dorudontinae'