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Taxonomy
Balaenopteroidea was named by Gray (1868).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Balaenopteroidea by Bisconti and Bosselaers (2016) and Berta (2017); it was considered a nomen dubium by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Mysticete by Gray (1868); to Mysticeti by Bianucci and Landini (2007) and Rice (2009); to Chaeomysticeti by Mitchell (1989), Steeman (2007) and Steeman (2010); to Balaenomorpha by Geisler and Sanders (2003) and Hampe and Ritsche (2011); to Thalassotherii by Bisconti and Bosselaers (2016) and Berta (2017); to Mysticeti by Sanders and Barnes (2002), Dooley et al. (2004), Gingerich (2005), Deméré et al. (2005) and Solis-Añorve et al. (2021); and to Plicogulae by Geisler et al. (2011), Marx and Fordyce (2015), Marx et al. (2016), Marx et al. (2016), Buono et al. (2017) and Fleming et al. (2022).
It was reranked as the unranked clade Balaenopteroidea by Bisconti and Bosselaers (2016) and Berta (2017); it was considered a nomen dubium by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Mysticete by Gray (1868); to Mysticeti by Bianucci and Landini (2007) and Rice (2009); to Chaeomysticeti by Mitchell (1989), Steeman (2007) and Steeman (2010); to Balaenomorpha by Geisler and Sanders (2003) and Hampe and Ritsche (2011); to Thalassotherii by Bisconti and Bosselaers (2016) and Berta (2017); to Mysticeti by Sanders and Barnes (2002), Dooley et al. (2004), Gingerich (2005), Deméré et al. (2005) and Solis-Añorve et al. (2021); and to Plicogulae by Geisler et al. (2011), Marx and Fordyce (2015), Marx et al. (2016), Marx et al. (2016), Buono et al. (2017) and Fleming et al. (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1868 | Balaenopteroidea Gray p. 2 |
| 1989 | Balaenopteroidea Mitchell p. 2231 |
| 2002 | Balaenopteroidea Sanders and Barnes p. 353 |
| 2003 | Balaenopteroidea Geisler and Sanders p. 27 |
| 2004 | Balaenopteroidea Dooley et al. |
| 2005 | Balaenopteroidea Deméré et al. p. 99 |
| 2005 | Balaenopteroidea Gingerich p. 237 figs. Table 15.1 |
| 2007 | Balaenopteroidea Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1 |
| 2007 | Balaenopteroidea Steeman p. 880 |
| 2009 | Balaenopteroidea Rice p. 235 figs. Table 1 |
| 2010 | Balaenopteroidea Steeman p. 65 |
| 2011 | Balaenopteroidea Geisler et al. p. 6 figs. Table 1 |
| 2011 | Balaenopteroidea Hampe and Ritsche p. 88 |
| 2015 | Balaenopteroidea Marx and Fordyce p. 4 figs. Figure 2 |
| 2016 | Balaenopteroidea Bisconti and Bosselaers p. 451 |
| 2016 | Balaenopteroidea Marx et al. p. 22 figs. Figure 10 |
| 2016 | Balaenopteroidea Marx et al. p. 110 |
| 2017 | Balaenopteroidea Berta p. 168 |
| 2017 | Balaenopteroidea Buono et al. p. 32 figs. Fig. 12 |
| 2021 | Balaenopteroidea Solis-Añorve et al. |
| 2022 | Balaenopteroidea Fleming et al. p. 3 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Superfm. †Balaenopteroidea Gray 1868
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G. †Aglaocetus Kellogg 1934
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†Aglaocetus latifrons Van Beneden 1880
†Aglaocetus longifrons Van Beneden 1880
†Aglaocetus moreni Lydekker 1894
†Aglaocetus rotundus Van Beneden 1880
G. †Amphicetus Van Beneden 1880
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†Amphicetus later Van Beneden 1880
Invalid names: Amphicetus editus Van Beneden 1880 [nomen dubium], Amphicetus verus Van Beneden 1880 [nomen dubium]
G. †Diorocetus Kellogg 1968
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†Diorocetus chichibuensis Yoshida et al. 2003
†Diorocetus hiatus Kellogg 1968
†Diorocetus shobarensis Otsuka and Ota 2008
Fm. Eschrichtiidae Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott 1951 [gray whale]
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G. †Archaeschrichtius Bisconti and Varola 2006
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†Archaeschrichtius ruggieroi Bisconti and Varola 2006
G. †Eschrichtioides Bisconti 2008
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G. Eschrichtius Gray 1864 [gray whale]
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†Eschrichtius akishimaensis Kimura et al. 2018
Eschrichtius robustus Lilljeborg 1861 [gray whale]
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Invalid names: Agaphelus glaucus Cope 1868 [synonym], Eschrichtius gibbosus Erxleben 1777 [synonym]
Invalid names: Agaphelus Cope 1868 [synonym], Cyphonotus Rafinesque 1815 [nomen nudum], Eschrichtius mysticetoides Emmons 1858 [nomen dubium], Rhachianectes Trouessart 1898 [synonym]
Invalid names: Rhachianectidae Weber 1904 [objective synonym]
G. †Mauicetus Benham 1939
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†Mauicetus parki Benham 1937
Invalid names: Lophocephalus Benham 1937 [replaced]
Superfm. †Panbalaenopteroidea Leslie et al. 2019
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G. †Pelocetus Kellogg 1965
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†Pelocetus calvertensis Kellogg 1965
†Pelocetus mirabilis Ginsburg and Janvier 1971
Invalid names: Physalidae Gray 1864 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available