Cetotheriidae

Cetotheriidae
Temporal range:
Cetotherium riabinini
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Parvorder: Mysticeti
Family: Cetotheriidae
Brandt 1872
Subfamilies and genera

See text

Synonyms

Neobalaenidae? Miller, 1923

Cetotheriidae is a family of baleen whales.[1] This family was thought to be extinct, but some phylogenetic studies conducted by Fordyce and Marx 2013 reclassified the pygmy right whale as a member of the Cetotheriidae, therefore making it the only surviving species of the cetotheres.[2]

Classification

  • †Cephalotropis Cope 1896
  • †Joumocetus Kimura & Hasegawa 2010
  • Subfamily: †Cetotheriinae Whitmore and Barnes, 2008
    • †Brandtocetus Gol'din and Startsev 2014
    • †Cetotherium Brandt 1843
    • †Ciuciulea Gol'din, 2018
    • †Eucetotherium Brandt 1873
    • †Kurdalagonus Tarasenko & Lopatin 2012
    • †Mithridatocetus Gol'din and Startsev 2017
    • †Vampalus Tarasenko & Lopatin 2012
    • †Zygiocetus Tarasenko 2014
  • Subfamily Herpetocetinae Steeman, 2007
    • †Herentalia Bisconti 2015
    • †Herpetocetus Van Beneden 1872
    • †Metopocetus Cope 1896
    • †Nannocetus Kellogg 1929
    • †Piscobalaena Pilleri and Siber 1989
    • †Miocaperea Bisconti, 2012
    • ?Caperea Gray, 1846

Incertae sedis:

  • †Hibacetus Otsuka and Ota 2008

References

  1. ↑ "Cetotheriidae". Fossilworks.
  2. ↑ "The pygmy right whale Caperea marginata: the last of the cetotheres". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.

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