Full reference: M. E. Steeman. 2007. Cladistic analysis and a revised classification of fossil and recent mysticetes. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 150:875-894
Parent taxon: Plicogulae according to P. Gol'din and M. E. Steeman 2015
See also Bisconti et al. 2013, Gol'din 2018, Rice 2009, Steeman 2007, Steeman 2010 and Tarasenko and Lopatin 2012
Sister taxa: Balaenopteroidea, Isanacetus, Tranatocetidae
Subtaxa: Otradnocetus Parietobalaena Pinocetus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Netherlands (1 collection)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Belgium (5), Japan (4), Mexico (2), the Netherlands (4), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (2), Serbia and Montenegro (1), United States (13: California, Maryland, Virginia)
Total: 34 collections including 39 occurrences