Synonym: Autoceta Haeckel 1866
Full reference: R. E. Fordyce and C. de Muizon. 2001. Evolutionary history of the cetaceans: a review. Secondary Adaptations of Tetrapods to Life in the Water 169-233
Parent taxon: Pelagiceti according to C. de Muizon et al. 2019
See also Alfsen et al. 2021, Belluzzo and Lambert 2021, Berta 2017, Bianucci and Landini 2007, Bisconti and Bosselaers 2020, Bisconti et al. 2017, Bosselaers and Post 2010, Bouetel and Muizon 2006, Collareta et al. 2019, Collareta et al. 2017, Fitzgerald 2010, Fleming et al. 2022, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Gaetán et al. 2025, Geisler and Sanders 2003, Godfrey et al. 2017, Godfrey and Lambert 2023, Godfrey et al. 2016, Haeckel 1866, Lambert et al. 2018, Lambert et al. 2010, Lambert et al. 2017, Lambert et al. 2021, Marx et al. 2016, McKenna and Bell 1997, Nelson et al. 2025, Nelson et al. 2025, Nelson and Uhen 2018, Peredo and Pyenson 2018, Peredo et al. 2018, Peredo and Uhen 2016, Peredo et al. 2018, Peri et al. 2019, Purdy and Uhen 2008, Steeman 2010, Tanaka and Fordyce 2015, Uhen 2008, Uhen 2008 and Uhen 2010
Sister taxa: Basilosauridae, Kekenodontidae, Metasqualodon harwoodi
Subtaxa: Microzeuglodon Mysticeti Odontoceti
Ecology: aquatic carnivore