Cetotheriidae
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Cetotheriidae is a family of baleen whales.[1] This family was thought to be extinct, but some phylogenetic studies conducted by Fordyce and Marx 2013 reclassified the pygmy right whale as a member of the Cetotheriidae, therefore making it the only surviving species of the cetotheres.[2]
| Cetotheriidae | |
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| Cetotherium riabinini | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Parvorder: | Mysticeti |
| Family: | Cetotheriidae Brandt 1872 |
| Subfamilies and genera | |
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See text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Neobalaenidae? Miller, 1923 | |
Classification
- †Cephalotropis Cope 1896
- †Joumocetus Kimura & Hasegawa 2010
- Subfamily: †Cetotheriinae Whitmore and Barnes, 2008
- †Brandtocetus Gol'din and Startsev 2014
- †Cetotherium Brandt 1843
- †Ciuciulea Gol'din, 2018
- †Eucetotherium Brandt 1873
- †Kurdalagonus Tarasenko & Lopatin 2012
- †Mithridatocetus Gol'din and Startsev 2017
- †Vampalus Tarasenko & Lopatin 2012
- †Zygiocetus Tarasenko 2014
- Subfamily Herpetocetinae Steeman, 2007
- †Herentalia Bisconti 2015
- †Herpetocetus Van Beneden 1872
- †Metopocetus Cope 1896
- †Nannocetus Kellogg 1929
- †Piscobalaena Pilleri and Siber 1989
- †Miocaperea Bisconti, 2012
- ?Caperea Gray, 1846
Incertae sedis:
- †Hibacetus Otsuka and Ota 2008
Gallery
References
- ↑ Cetotheriidae. Fossilworks.
- ↑ The pygmy right whale Caperea marginata: the last of the cetotheres. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.