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Physeterida (disused)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Taxonomy
Physeterida was named by Muizon (1988). It is extant.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Physeterida by Bianucci and Landini (2007).

It was assigned to Odontoceti by Muizon (1988), Muizon (1994) and Fordyce and de Muizon (2001); and to Physeteroidea by Bianucci and Landini (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Physeterida Muizon p. 65
1994Physeterida Muizon p. 136
2001Physeterida Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179
2007Physeterida Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
—Pelagiceti
—Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
superfamilyPhyseteroidea
—Physeterida()
—Physeterida()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Unr. Physeterida Muizon 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available