After McKenna & Bell, 1997, and Uhen, 2000–2008 [“The Paleobiology Database”]
<==o †Squalodontidae Brandt, 1873 [Mesoceti Dames, 1894; Squalodontinae Rothausen, 1968] [paraphyletic Squalodontoidea Brandt, 1873] |?- †Parasqualodon wilkinsoni (McCoy. 1867) Hall, 1911 (nomen dubium) |?-o †Metasqualodon Hall, 1911 (nomen dubium) | |-- †M. harwoodi (Sanger 1881) (type) | `-- †M. symmetricus Okazaki 1982 |?- †Prosqualodon |?- †Agriocetus incertus (Brandt, 1874) Abel, 1913 [Agriocetus austriacus Abel, 1913] |?-o †Saurocetus Agassiz, 1848 | |-- †S. gibbesi Agassiz, 1848 | `-- †S. gibbesii Agassiz, 1848 |?- †Colophonodon |?-o †Microcetus Kellogg, 1923 (nomen dubium) | |-- †M. ambiguus (Meyer, 1840) | |-- †M. hectori Benham, 1935 | `-- †M. sharkovi Dubrovo & Sharkov 1971 |?-o †Neosqualodon Dal Piaz, 1904 (nomen dubium) | |-- †N. assenzae Dal Piaz, 1904 | |-- †N. gastaldii (Brandt, 1873) | `-- †N. gastaldii gemmellaroi (Fabiani, 1949) |?- †Sachalinocetus cholmicus Siryk & Dubrovo, 1970 |?- †Sulakocetus dagestanicus Mchedlidze 1976 [also treated as Waipatiid] |--o †Eosqualodon Rothausen, 1968 | |-- †E. langewieschei Rothausen, 1968 | `-- †E. latirostris (Capellini, 1903) |-- †Phoberodon arctirostris Cabrera, 1926 |--o †Squalodon Grateloup, 1840 [Arionius Meyer, 1841; Crenidelphinus Laurillard, 1846; “Kelloggia” Mchedlidze, 1976; “Macrophoca” Leidy, 1856; “Phocodon” Agassiz, 1841; Rhizoprion Jourdan, 1861; Smilocamptus Gervais, 1849] | |?- †Delphinoides gratelupi Pedroni, 1845 | |?- †Priscodelphinus validus Du Bus, 1872 (nomen nudum) | |-- †S. andrewi Benham, 1942 | |--o †S. antverpiensis Van Beneden, 1861 | | |-- †S. a. antverpiensis Van Beneden, 1861 | | `-- †S. a. papillatus Rothausen, 1968 | |-- †S. atlanticus (Leidy, 1856) [Macrophoca atlantica (Leidy, 1856)] | |-- †S. barbarus Aslanova, 1969 [“Kelloggia” Mchedlidze, 1976] | |--o †S. bariensis (Jourdan, 1861) [Basilosaurus squalodon Grateloup, 1840] | | `-- †S. bariensis bellunensis Dal Piaz, 1901 | |-- †S. bellunensis (Dal Piaz, 1929) | |-- †S. bordae (Gervais, 1852) | |-- †S. calvertensis Kellogg, 1923 | |-- †S. catulli (Molin, 1859) | |-- †S. dalpiazi Fabiani, 1949 | |-- †S. errabundus Kellogg, 1931 | |-- †S. grateloupi von Meyer, 1843 [S. burgueti (Gervais, 1852); S. gervaisi Van Beneden & Gervais, 1880] | |-- †S. hypsispondylus Brandt, 1874 | |-- †S. imperator Cigala-Fulgosi & Pilleri 1985 | |-- †S. kelloggi Rothausen, 1968 | |-- †S. linzianus Brandt, 1871 | |-- †S. melitensis (Blainville, 1840) [S. scillae Brandt, 1873; Phocodon scillae] | |-- †S. meyeri Brandt, 1873 | |-- †S. molassicus (Bronn, 1837) | |-- †S. servatus (Meyer, 1841) | |-- †S. typicus Kellogg, 1923 | |-- †S. vocontiorum Delfortrie, 1872 | |-- †S. whitmorei Dooley, 2005 | |-- †S. wingei Ravn, 1926 | `-- †S. zitteli Paquier, 1894 |-- †Tangaroasaurus kakanuiensis Benham, 1935 `--o Patriocetinae Abel, 1913 [Patriocetidae Abel, 1913] `--o †Patriocetus (van Beneden, 1865) 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
Reference(s):
- Bianucci, G. & Landini, W., 2006: Killer sperm whale: a new basal physeteroid (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Late Miocene of Italy.
–Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: Vol. 148, #1, pp. 103-131 - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631 - Uhen, M., 2000-2006: Cetacea.
in Alroy, J. (ed.) 2000-2008: The Paleobiology Database.
–iNet: The Paleobiology Database: http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?user=Guest&action=displayPage&page=OSA_Cetacea [Visited: 2008-04-03]