Archaeoceti

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: Scrotifera
Cladus: Ferungulata
Cladus: Euungulata
Ordo: Artiodactyla
Cladus: Artiofabula
Cladus: Cetruminantia
Subordo: Whippomorpha
Infraordo: Cetacea
Cladus: †Archaeoceti
Familiae: †Ambulocetidae – †Basilosauridae – †Kekenodontidae – †Pakicetidae – †Protocetidae – †Remingtonocetidae

Name

• Archaeoceti Flower, 1883

References

• Flower, W.H. 1883. On the Arrangement of the Orders and Families of existing Mammalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 178–186. BHL Reference page. 
• Corrie, J.E. & Fordyce, R.E. 2024. A new genus and species of kekenodontid from the late Oligocene of New Zealand with comments on the evolution of tooth displacement in Cetacea. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, DOI: 10.1080/03036758.2023.2297696 Reference page. 

Links

• The Paleobiology Database [1]

Vernacular names

English: Archaeocetids
日本語: 古鯨類
Nederlands: Oerwalvissen
中文: 古鯨類

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