Family Rhynchoceti Eschricht 1849 (whale)
Mammalia - Cetacea - Rhynchoceti
Parent taxon: Cetacea according to T. H. Huxley 1864
Sister taxa: Ambulocetidae, Anarnak, Archaeocetus, Argyrocetidae, Balaenodontae, Balaenoidorum, Berardiopsis miocaenus, Berardiopsis pliocaenus, Canis primigenius, Cetotheriomorphus dubius, Cetotherium priscum, Cetotolites, Globicephalus eocaenus, Halicore maximovitschii, Loncodelphis, Manatus giganteus, Mystacoceta, Nanisocetus, Neoballaenidae, Otaria leclercii, Oxypterus, Pakicetidae, Palaeocetus, Pelagiceti, Procetus, Proteroceta, Protocetidae, Protocetoidea, Remingtonocetidae, Remingtonocetoidea, Tretosphrys, Zeugloceta, Ziphius blasii, Balanadae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Rhynchoceti in the database