After Nowak, 1990, McKenna & Bell, 1997, de Muizon, 1993, Hamilton, Caballero, Collins & Browell, 2001, Lambert, 2005, Uhen, 2008, and Geisler, Colbert & Carew, 2014, with taxa from Uhen, 2000–2006 [“The Paleobiology Database”]
<==o Odontoceti Flower, 1867 [Odontoceta Ameghino, 1894; Delphinoceti Abel, 1919; Squaloceti, Abel, 1919] (toothed whales; hammasvalaat) |--o †Xenorophidae Uhen, 2008 sensu Geisler et al., 2014 | |-- ChM PV4746 | `--+-- †Archaeodelphis patrius | `--+--o †Xenorophus Kellogg, 1923 | | |-- †X. sp. | | `-- †X. sloani Kellogg, 1923 | `--+--+-- ChM PV4834 | | `-- ChM PV5711 | `--+-- †Albertocetus meffordorum Uhen, 2008 | `--+-- GSM 1098 | `--+-- ChM PV2758 | `-- †Cotylocara macei Geisler, Colbert & Carew, 2014 `--+--+-- ChM PV4178 | `-- †Agorophius pygmaeus (Müller, 1849) Cope, 1895 [Agorophiidae Abel, 1914] `--+--+-- ChM PV5852 | `-- †Simocetus rayi Fordyce, 2002 [Simocetidae Fordyce, 2002] `--+--o †Patriocetus (van Beneden, 1865) Abel, 1913 [Patriocetidae Abel, 1913; Sqalodontidae; Patriocetinae Abel, 1913] | |-- †P. sp. indet. | |-- †P. denggi Abel, 1913 [Cetotheriopsis linziana (Brandt, 1871)] | |-- †P. ehrlichi (Van Beneden, 1865) (type) | |-- †P. grateloupii (Van Beneden, 1865) | `-- †P. kazakhstanicus Dubrovo & Sanders, 2000 `--+-- ChM PV4961 `--+--+-- ChM PV2764 | `-- ChM PV2761 `--+--o Waipatiidae Fordyce, 1994 [paraphyletic Squalodontoidea Brandt, 1872] | |-- †Sulakocetus dagestanicus Mchedlidze, 1976 | `-- †Waipatia maerewhenua Fordyce, 1994 `--+-- ChM PV4802 `--+== †Squalodontidae Brandt, 1873 [Mesoceti Dames, 1894; Squalodontinae Rothausen, 1968] [paraphyletic Squalodontoidea Brandt, 1873] `--+-- Physeteroidea Gray, 1821 (sperm whales and relatives; kaskelotinsukuiset hammasvalaat) `--+==o †Rhabdosteidae Gill, 1871 [Eurhinodelphidae Abel, 1901; Eurhinodelphinidae] [Eurhinodelphinoidea de Muizon, 1988] [paraphyletic Squalodontoidea Brandt, 1872] | |?- †Ceterhinops longifrons Leidy, 1877 | |?- †Cyrtodelphis bogatshowi Mchedlidze 1964 | |?- †Macrodelphinus kelloggi Wilson, 1935 | |?- †Rhabdosteus latiradix Cope, 1867 (nomen dubium) (Odontoceti incertae sedis) | |?-o †Argyrocetus Lydekker, 1893 [“Doliodelphis” Wilson 1935 (non Doliodelphis littlei) | | |-- †A. bakersfieldensis (Wilson 1935) | | |-- †A. joaquinensis Kellogg 1932 [Doliodelphis littlei Wilson 1935; †Eurhinodelphis extensus Wilson 1935] | | `-- †A. patagonicus Lydekker 1894 | |?- †Phocaenopsis mantelli Huxley, 1859 | |--o †Schizodelphis Gervais, 1861 sensu Lambert, 2005 | | |?- †S. barnesi Myrick, 1979 | | |?- †S. compressus Portis, 1886 | | |?- †S. planus Gervais, 1859 | | |?- †S. squalodontoides Longhi, 1897 | | |-- †S. longirostris (Du Bus, 1867) Lambert, 2005 [Eurhinodelphis longirostris Du Bus, 1867; Eurhinodelphis ambiguus Du Bus, 1867; Priscodelphinus elegans Du Bus, 1872; Priscodelphinus morckhoviensis Du Bus, 1872; Priscodelphinus pulvinatus Du Bus, 1872; Schizodelphis longirostris (Du Bus, 1867) Lambert, 2005] | | `?- †S. sulcutus (Gervais, 1853) | `--+-- †Ziphiodelphis abeli Dal Piaz, 1908 | `--+--o †Eurhinodelphis Du Bus, 1867 sensu Lambert, 2005 | | |-- †E. cocheteuxi Du Bus, 1867 [Priscodelphinus crassus Du Bus, 1872; Priscodelphinus declivus Du Bus, 1872; Priscodelphinus robustus Du Bus, 1872] | | |-- †E. cristatus (Du Bus, 1872) | | |-- †E. bossi Kellogg, 1925 | | |-- †E. sigmoideus Pilleri, 1985 | | `-- †E. belluensis Pilleri, 1985 | `-- Hyperoodontoidea Gray, 1846 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997 [Ziphioidea] (beaked whales and relatives; nokkavalaansukuiset hammasvalaat) `--+-- Platanistoidea Simpson, 1945 [Platanistida Fordyce & de Muizon, 2001] (jokivalaidensukuiset hammasvalaat) `-- Delphinida de Muizon, 1988 [Delphinoidea sensu lato] (dolphins and relatives; delfiininsukuiset valaat)
Odontoceti incertae sedis:
†Hadrodelphis Kellogg, 1966
†H. calvertense Kellogg, 1966 (type)
†H. poseidon Ginsburg & Janvier, 1971
†Megalodelphis Kellogg, 1944 [nomen dubium]
†Pachyacanthus Brandt, 1871
†P. andrussovi Dombrovsky, 1925
†P. bajarunasi Dombrovsky, 1925
†P. letochae Brandt, 1873
†P. suessii Brandt, 1871 [Pachyacanthus trachyspondylus Brandt, 1871]
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