Opinions from R. E. Fordyce and C. de Muizon 2001

  • 'Acrodelphis is a subjective synonym of Champsodelphis'
  • 'Champsodelphis krahuletzi is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Champsodelphis macrospondylus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Aetiocetidae belongs to Mysticeti'
  • 'Agabelus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Agorophiidae belongs to Odontoceti'
  • 'Agorophius belongs to Agorophiidae'
  • 'Agriocetus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Agriocetus austriacus belongs to Agriocetus' according to O. Abel 1913
  • 'Albireo belongs to Albireonidae'
  • 'Albireonidae belongs to Delphinoidea'
  • 'Allodelphis belongs to Platanistoidea'
  • 'Ambulocetidae belongs to Archaeoceti'
  • 'Anoplonassa belongs to Ziphiidae'
  • 'Archaeoceti belongs to Cetacea'
  • 'Archaeodelphis belongs to Odontoceti'
  • 'Argyrocetus belongs to Eurhinodelphinidae'
  • 'Astadelphis belongs to Stenoninae'
  • 'Atocetus belongs to Pithanodelphinae'
  • 'Atropatenocetus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Aulophyseter belongs to Hoplocetinae'
  • 'Australithax belongs to Phocoeninae'
  • 'Australophocaena is a subjective synonym of Phocoena'
  • 'Austrosqualodon is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Austrosqualodon trirhizodonta is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Autoceta is a subjective synonym of Neoceti'
  • 'Balaenodon is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Balaenopteridae belongs to Mysticeti'
  • 'Balanadae is corrected as Balaenidae and belongs to Mysticeti'
  • 'Basilosauridae belongs to Archaeoceti'
  • 'Basilosaurinae belongs to Basilosauridae'
  • 'Belemnoziphius is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Belonodelphis belongs to Kentriodontinae'
  • 'Belosphys is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Berardiopsis is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Berardius belongs to Ziphiinae'
  • 'Brachydelphinae belongs to Pontoporiidae'
  • 'Brachydelphis belongs to Brachydelphinae'
  • 'Cephalorhynchus belongs to Lissodelphinae'
  • 'Cetophis is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Cetotheriinae was reranked as the family Cetotheriidae and belongs to Mysticeti'
  • 'Champsodelphis is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Champsodelphis acutus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Champsodelphis denticulatus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Champsodelphis dubius is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Champsodelphis italicus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Champsodelphis karreri is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Champsodelphis letochae is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Choneziphius belongs to Ziphiinae'
  • 'Colophonodon is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Dalpiazina belongs to Dalpiazinidae'
  • 'Dalpiazinidae belongs to Platanistoidea'
  • 'Delphinapterinae belongs to Monodontidae'
  • 'Delphinapterus belongs to Delphinapterinae'
  • 'Delphinapterus (Hemisyntrachelus) was reranked as Hemisyntrachelus and belongs to Delphininae'
  • 'Delphinapterus lacertosus is a nomen nudum'
  • 'Delphinavus belongs to Delphinoidea'
  • 'Delphinida belongs to Odontoceti'
  • 'Delphinidae belongs to Delphinoidea'
  • 'Delphininae belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Delphinodon belongs to Kentriodontinae'
  • 'Delphinoidea belongs to Delphinida'
  • 'Delphinopsis is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Delphinopsis freyeri is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Delphinus belongs to Delphininae'
  • 'Delphinus (Grampus) was reranked as Grampus and belongs to Globicephalinae'
  • 'Champsodelphis bessarabicus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Stereodelphis brevidens is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Champsodelphis lophogenius is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Denebola belongs to Delphinapterinae'
  • 'Diaphorocetus belongs to Hoplocetinae'
  • 'Dorudontidae belongs to Basilosauridae'
  • 'Eboroziphius is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Eoplatanista belongs to Eoplatanistidae'
  • 'Eosqualodon belongs to Squalodontidae'
  • 'Eschrichtiidae belongs to Mysticeti'
  • 'Eurhinodelphidae is corrected as Eurhinodelphinidae and belongs to Eurhinodelphinoidea'
  • 'Eurhinodelphinida belongs to Odontoceti'
  • 'Eurhinodelphis belongs to Eurhinodelphinidae'
  • 'Eurhinodelphoidea is corrected as Eurhinodelphinoidea and belongs to Eurhinodelphinida'
  • 'Ferecetotherium belongs to Physeteridae'
  • 'Georgiacetus belongs to Basilosauridae'
  • 'Globicephala belongs to Globicephalinae'
  • 'Globiocephalidae was reranked as the subfamily Globicephalinae and belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Goniodelphis belongs to Iniidae'
  • 'Graphiodon is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Hadrodelphis belongs to Lophocetinae'
  • 'Helvicetus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Hesperocetus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Hesperoinia is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Hesperoinia dalpiazi is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Heterodelphis belongs to Delphinida'
  • 'Homaeocetus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Homocetus villersii is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Hoplocetinae belongs to Physeteridae'
  • 'Hoplocetus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Hyperoodon belongs to Hyperoodontinae'
  • 'Hyperoodontinae belongs to Ziphiidae'
  • 'Idiophyseter belongs to Physeterinae'
  • 'Idiorophus belongs to Hoplocetinae'
  • 'Imerodelphis is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Incacetus belongs to Kentriodontinae'
  • 'Indopacetus belongs to Hyperoodontinae'
  • 'Inia belongs to Iniidae'
  • 'Iniana was reranked as the family Iniidae and belongs to Inioidea'
  • 'Inioidea belongs to Delphinida'
  • 'Iniopsis belongs to Eurhinodelphinoidea'
  • 'Ischyrorhynchus belongs to Iniidae'
  • 'Ixacanthus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Kampholophos belongs to Kentriodontinae'
  • 'Kekenodon belongs to Kekenodontidae'
  • 'Kekenodontinae was reranked as the family Kekenodontidae and belongs to Mysticeti'
  • 'Kelloggia belongs to Squalodontidae'
  • 'Kentriodon belongs to Kentriodontinae'
  • 'Kentriodontidae belongs to Delphinoidea'
  • 'Kentriodontinae belongs to Kentriodontidae'
  • 'Karthlidelphis is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Kharthlidelphis diceros is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Kogia belongs to Kogiinae'
  • 'Kogiidae belongs to Physeteroidea'
  • 'Kogiinae belongs to Kogiidae'
  • 'Kogiopsis is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Lagenodelphis belongs to Delphininae'
  • 'Lagenorhynchus belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Lagenorhynchus (Leucopleurus) was reranked as Leucopleurus and belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Lamprolithax belongs to Delphinoidea'
  • 'Leptodelphis belongs to Pithanodelphinae'
  • 'Liolithax belongs to Lophocetinae'
  • 'Lipotes belongs to Lipotidae'
  • 'Lipotidae belongs to Lipotoidea'
  • 'Lipotoidea belongs to Delphinida'
  • 'Lissodelphinae is corrected as Lissodelphininae and belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Lissodelphis belongs to Lissodelphinae'
  • 'Llanocetidae belongs to Mysticeti'
  • 'Lomacetus belongs to Phocoeninae'
  • 'Lonchodelphis is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Lophocetinae belongs to Kentriodontidae'
  • 'Lophocetus belongs to Lophocetinae'
  • 'Loxolithax belongs to Phocoeninae'
  • 'Macrodelphinus belongs to Eurhinodelphinidae'
  • 'Macrokentriodon belongs to Kentriodontinae'
  • 'Mammalodon belongs to Mammalodontidae'
  • 'Mammalodontidae belongs to Mysticeti'
  • 'Medocinia belongs to Squalodelphinidae'
  • 'Mesoplodon belongs to Hyperoodontinae'
  • 'Mesoplodon (Cetorhynchus) was reranked as Cetorhynchus and belongs to Ziphiinae'
  • 'Messapicetus belongs to Ziphiinae'
  • 'Metasqualodon is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Metasqualodon symmetricus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Microcetus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Microcetus hectori is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Microcetus sharkovi is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Microzeuglodon is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Microzeuglodontidae is a nomen nudum'
  • 'Miodelphis belongs to Delphinoidea'
  • 'Miokogia is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Monodon belongs to Monodontinae'
  • 'Monodontidae belongs to Delphinoidea'
  • 'Monodontinae belongs to Monodontidae'
  • 'Mysticeti belongs to Neoceti'
  • 'Nannolithax belongs to Delphinoidea'
  • 'Neobalaenidae belongs to Mysticeti'
  • 'Neoceti belongs to Cetacea'
  • 'Neophocaena belongs to Phocoeninae'
  • 'Neosqualodon is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Neosqualodon assenzae is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Neosqualodon gastaldii gemmellaroi is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Ninoziphius belongs to Ziphiinae'
  • 'Notocetus belongs to Squalodelphinidae'
  • 'Odobenocetops belongs to Odobenocetopsidae'
  • 'Odobenocetopsidae belongs to Delphinoidea'
  • 'Odontoceti belongs to Neoceti'
  • 'Oedolithax belongs to Delphinoidea'
  • 'Oligodelphis belongs to Delphinoidea'
  • 'Oligodelphis azerbajdzanicus belongs to Oligodelphis' according to G. A. Mchedlidze and S. M. Aslanova 1968
  • 'Ontocetus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Orca (Feresa) was reranked as Feresa and belongs to Globicephalinae'
  • 'Orca (Orcaella) was reranked as Orcaella and belongs to Orcininae'
  • 'Orcini was reranked as the subfamily Orcininae and belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Orcinus belongs to Orcininae'
  • 'Orcopsis is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Orycterocetus belongs to Physeterinae'
  • 'Pachyacanthus belongs to Delphinida'
  • 'Pakicetinae was reranked as the family Pakicetidae and belongs to Archaeoceti'
  • 'Palaeophocaena belongs to Delphinoidea'
  • 'Paleoziphius is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Paleophoca is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Parapontoporia belongs to Lipotidae'
  • 'Parasqualodon is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Patriocetidae belongs to Odontoceti'
  • 'Patriocetus belongs to Patriocetidae'
  • 'Pelodelphis is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Pelycorhamphus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Peponocephala belongs to Globicephalinae'
  • 'Phoberodon belongs to Squalodontidae'
  • 'Microcetus ambiguus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Phocaena is corrected as Phocoena and belongs to Phocoeninae'
  • 'Phocaena dioptrica is recombined as Phocoena dioptrica'
  • 'Champsodelphis euxinicus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Phocaenina was reranked as the family Phocoenidae and belongs to Delphinoidea'
  • 'Phocaenopsis is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Phocaenopsis mantelli is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Phocaenopsis scheynensis is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Phocageneus belongs to Squalodelphinidae'
  • 'Phocoeninae belongs to Phocoenidae'
  • 'Phocoenoides belongs to Phocoenoidinae'
  • 'Phocoenoidinae belongs to Phocoenidae'
  • 'Physeter belongs to Physeterinae'
  • 'Physeterida belongs to Odontoceti'
  • 'Physeteridae belongs to Physeteroidea'
  • 'Physeteroidea belongs to Physeterida'
  • 'Physeterula belongs to Physeterinae'
  • 'Physetodon is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Physotherium is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Piscolithax belongs to Phocoenoidinae'
  • 'Piscorhynchus is a subjective synonym of Piscolithax'
  • 'Piscorhynchus aenigmaticus is recombined as Piscolithax aenigmaticus'
  • 'Pithanodelphinae belongs to Kentriodontidae'
  • 'Pithanodelphis belongs to Pithanodelphinae'
  • 'Placoziphius belongs to Physeterinae'
  • 'Platanista belongs to Platanistidae'
  • 'Platanistida belongs to Odontoceti'
  • 'Platanistina was reranked as the family Platanistidae and belongs to Platanistoidea'
  • 'Platanistoidea belongs to Platanistida'
  • 'Platydelphis is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Platylithax belongs to Delphinoidea'
  • 'Plicodontinia is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Plicodontinia mourai is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Pliopontos belongs to Pontoporiinae'
  • 'Pomatodelphis belongs to Platanistidae'
  • 'Pontistes belongs to Pontoporiidae'
  • 'Pontivaga is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Pontoporia belongs to Pontoporiinae'
  • 'Pontoporiidae belongs to Inioidea'
  • 'Pontoporiinae belongs to Pontoporiidae'
  • 'Preaulophyseter belongs to Hoplocetinae'
  • 'Prionodelphis is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Prionodelphis rovereti is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Priscodelphinus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Priscodelphinus acutidens is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Priscodelphinus dectivus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Priscophyseter is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Prolipotes is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Prolipotes yujiangensis is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Prophyseter is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Prophyseter dolloi is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Prosqualodon belongs to Prosqualodontidae'
  • 'Prosqualodontidae belongs to Platanistoidea'
  • 'Protocetidae belongs to Archaeoceti'
  • 'Protocetinae belongs to Protocetidae'
  • 'Protocetoidea is a nomen vanum'
  • 'Protodelphinus belongs to Eurhinodelphinoidea'
  • 'Protophocaena is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Proroziphius is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Pseudorca belongs to Globicephalinae'
  • 'Remingtonocetidae belongs to Archaeoceti'
  • 'Remingtonocetoidea is a nomen vanum'
  • 'Rhabdosteidae is a subjective synonym of Eurhinodelphinidae'
  • 'Rhabdosteus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Rhachianectes is a subjective synonym of Eschrichtius'
  • 'Rhachianectidae is an objective synonym of Eschrichtiidae'
  • 'Rhynostodes is a nomen nudum'
  • 'Rhinostodes lovisatoi is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Rhytisodon is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Rhytisodon tuberculatus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Sachalinocetus belongs to Platanistoidea'
  • 'Sagmatias belongs to Lissodelphinae'
  • 'Sarmatodelphis belongs to Kentriodontidae'
  • 'Saurocetes belongs to Iniidae'
  • 'Saurocetus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Scaldicetus belongs to Hoplocetinae'
  • 'Scaphokogia belongs to Scaphokogiinae'
  • 'Scaphokogiinae belongs to Kogiidae'
  • 'Scaptodon is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Schizodelphis belongs to Eurhinodelphinidae'
  • 'Miokogia elongatus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Sinanodelphis belongs to Delphinoidea'
  • 'Sotalia belongs to Stenoninae'
  • 'Sousa belongs to Delphininae'
  • 'Squalodelphidae is corrected as Squalodelphinidae and belongs to Platanistoidea'
  • 'Squalodelphis belongs to Squalodelphinidae'
  • 'Squalodon belongs to Squalodontidae'
  • 'Neosqualodon gastaldii is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Trirhizodon gervaisii is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Agriocetus incertus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Trirhizodon suessii is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Parasqualodon wilkinsoni is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Squalodontidae belongs to Platanistoidea'
  • 'Squaloziphiinae belongs to Ziphiidae'
  • 'Squaloziphius belongs to Squaloziphiinae'
  • 'Steno belongs to Stenoninae'
  • 'Steno (Stenella) was reranked as Stenella and belongs to Delphininae'
  • 'Stenoninae belongs to Delphinidae'
  • 'Stereodelphis is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Sulakocetus belongs to Waipatiidae'
  • 'Tasmacetus belongs to Ziphiinae'
  • 'Thalassocetus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Thalassocetus antwerpiensis is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Tretosphys is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Trirhizodon is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Tursiops belongs to Delphininae'
  • 'Tusciziphius belongs to Hyperoodontinae'
  • 'Uranocetus belongs to Pontoporiinae'
  • 'Waipatia belongs to Waipatiidae'
  • 'Waipatiidae belongs to Platanistoidea'
  • 'Xenorophus belongs to Odontoceti'
  • 'Zarhachis belongs to Platanistidae'
  • 'Metasqualodon harwoodi is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Ziphiidae was reranked as the tribe Ziphiina and belongs to Ziphioidea'
  • 'Ziphiodelphis belongs to Eurhinodelphinidae'
  • 'Ziphioidea belongs to Physeterida'
  • 'Ziphioides is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Ziphioides obliquus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Ziphioides triangulus is a nomen dubium'
  • 'Ziphirostrum belongs to Ziphiinae'
  • 'Ziphius belongs to Ziphiinae'