Mammalia - Cetacea - Cetotheriopsidae
Alternative spelling: Cetotheriopsinae
Full reference: J. F. Brandt. 1872. Uber eine neue Classification der Bartenwale (Balaenoidea) mit Berucksichtigung der untergegangenen Gattungen derselben. Bulletin d L'Academie Imperiale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg 26:113-130
Parent taxon: Chaeomysticeti according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
See also Bianucci and Landini 2007, Brandt 1873, Brandt 1874, Geisler et al. 2011, Geisler and Sanders 2003, Rice 2009, Sanders and Barnes 2002, Sanders and Barnes 2002, Steeman 2007 and Uhen et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Balaenomorpha, Cetotheriidae, Cetotheriopsis, Cetotherium incertum, Cetotherium klinderi, Cetotherium pusillum, Eomysticetidae, Eomysticetoidea, Halicetus, Jobancetus, Megapteropsis, Piscocetus, Plicogulae, Sitsqwayk, Tlaxcallicetus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cetotheriopsidae in the database