Classification of Clapham and Mead 1999

Or. Cetacea Brisson 1762 [whale]
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Subor. Mysticeti Cope 1891
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Fm. Balaenopteridae Gray 1864 [rorqual]
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G. Megaptera Gray 1846 [humpback whale]
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Megaptera novaeangliae Brisson 1762 [humpback whale]
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Invalid names: Balaena allamack Gray 1846 [synonym], Balaena atlanticus Hurdis 1897 [synonym], Balaena boops Fabricius 1780 [synonym], Balaena lalandii Fischer 1829 [synonym], Balaena longimana Rudolphi 1832 [synonym], Balaena nodosa Bonnaterre 1789 [synonym], Balaenoptera astrolabae Pucheran 1853 [synonym], Balaenoptera australis Gray 1846 [synonym], Balaenoptera capensis Smith 1835 [synonym], Balaenoptera leucopteron Lesson 1842 [synonym], Balaenoptera syncondylus Muller 1863 [synonym], Kyphobalaena keporkak Van Beneden 1868 [synonym], Megaptera americana Gray 1846 [synonym], Megaptera bellicosa Cope 1871 [synonym], Megaptera braziliensis Cope 1867 [synonym], Megaptera gigas Cope 1865 [synonym], Megaptera indica Gervais 1883 [synonym], Megaptera kuzira Gray 1850 [synonym], Megaptera longipinna Gray 1846 [synonym], Megaptera novaezelandiae Gray 1864 [synonym], Megaptera osphyia Cope 1865 [synonym], Megaptera poeskop Gray 1846 [synonym], Megaptera versabilis Cope 1869 [synonym], Rorqualus antarcticus Cuvier 1836 [synonym]
Invalid names: Kyphobalaena Eschricht [synonym], Perqualus Gray 1846 [synonym], Poescopia Gray 1864 [synonym]