Clade Balaenomorpha Geisler and Sanders 2003 (whale)
PaleoDB taxon number: 81226
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 M. Bisconti et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Balaenidae, Cetotheriidae, Cetotheriopsidae, Cetotheriopsis, Cetotherium incertum, Cetotherium klinderi, Cetotherium pusillum, Eomysticetidae, Eomysticetoidea, Halicetus, Megapteropsis, Piscocetus, Plicogulae, Sitsqwayk, Thalassotherii, Tlaxcallicetus, Whakakai
Subtaxa: Balaenoidea
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder