Full reference: J. H. Geisler and A. E. Sanders. 2003. Morphological Evidence for the Phylogeny of Cetacea. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 10(1/2):23-129
Parent taxon: Chaeomysticeti according to I. S. Ritsche and O. Hampe 2023
See also Berta 2017, Bisconti 2008, Bisconti 2014, Bisconti and Bosselaers 2016, Bisconti and Bosselaers 2020, Bisconti et al. 2021, Bisconti et al. 2013, Bisconti et al. 2017, Bosselaers and Munsterman 2022, Geisler et al. 2011, Geisler and Sanders 2003, Hampe and Fahlke 2022, Hampe and Ritsche 2011 and Marx et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Cetotheriidae, Cetotheriopsidae, Cetotheriopsis, Cetotherium incertum, Cetotherium klinderi, Cetotherium pusillum, Eomysticetidae, Eomysticetoidea, Halicetus, Jobancetus, Megapteropsis, Piscocetus, Plicogulae, Sitsqwayk, Tlaxcallicetus
Subtaxa: Balaenoidea Persufflatius Thalassotherii Thinocetus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder