Clade Stegoceti Boessenecker and Geisler 2023 (toothed whale)
Full reference: R. W. Boessenecker and J. H. Geisler. 2023. New Skeletons of the Ancient Dolphin Xenorophus sloanii and Xenorophus simplicidens sp. nov. (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Oligocene of South Carolina and the Ontogeny, Functional Anatomy, Asymmetry, Pathology, and Evolution of the Earliest Odontoceti. Diversity 15(1154):1-164
Parent taxon: Amblyoccipita according to R. W. Boessenecker and J. H. Geisler 2023
Sister taxon: Simocetidae
Subtaxa: Agorophiidae Platanistidae Squalodontidae Squaloziphiidae Ziphiidae
Ecology: aquatic carnivore