List of extinct cetaceans

Family Ambulocetidae (Eocene) • Ambulocetus • Himalayacetus • Gandakasia Family Basilosauridae (Late Eocene) :* Tutcetus :* Perucetus '' reconstruction • Basilosaurinae • Basilosaurus • Basiloterus • Eocetus • Pachycetinae • Antaecetus • Pachycetus • Dorudontinae • Ancalecetus • Chrysocetus • Cynthiacetus • Dorudon • Masracetus • Ocucajea • Saghacetus • Supayacetus • Zygorhiza • Stromerius Family Kekenodontidae (Oligocene) • Kekenodon • Tohoraonepu Family Pakicetidae (Early to Middle Eocene) skeleton in front and Pakicetus'' behind • Pakicetus • Nalacetus • Ichthyolestes Family Protocetidae (Eocene) '' reconstruction • Georgiacetinae • Aegicetus • Babiacetus • Carolinacetus • Georgiacetus • Natchitochia'' skeleton • Pappocetus • Pontobasileus • Tupelocetus • Makaracetinae • Makaracetus • Protocetinae • Aegyptocetus • Artiocetus • Crenatocetus • Dhedacetus • Gaviacetus • Indocetus'' reconstruction • Kharodacetus Family Remingtonocetidae (Eocene) • Andrewsiphius • Attockicetus • Dalanistes • Kutchicetus • Rayanistes • Remingtonocetus ==Suborder Mysticeti==

Family Llanocetidae (Late Eocene-Early Oligocene) • Llanocetus • Mystacodon Family Mammalodontidae (jr synonym Janjucetidae) '' (Late Oligocene) • Janjucetus • Mammalodon Family incertae sedis • Borealodon • Coronodon Clade Kinetomenta Family Aetiocetidae (Oligocene) '' restoration • Aetiocetus • Ashorocetus • Chonecetus • Fucaia • Morawanocetus • Niparajacetus • Salishicetus • Willungacetus Clade Chaeomysticeti • Atlanticetus Family incertae sedis • Horopeta • Maiabalaena • Sitsqwayk • Tlaxcallicetus • Toipahautea • Whakakai Superfamily Eomysticetoidea Family Cetotheriopsidae (Oligocene to Miocene) • Cetotheriopsis Family Eomysticetidae (Oligocene to early Miocene) • Echericetus • Eomysticetus • Matapanui • Micromysticetus • Tohoraata • Tokarahia • Waharoa • Yamatocetus Family Aglaocetidae (Miocene) • Aglaocetus Superfamily Balaenoidea Family Balaenidae (Miocene to Recent) • Antwerpibalaena • Archaeobalaena • Balaena • Balaena affinis • Balaena arcuata • Balaena larteti • Balaena macrocephalus • Balaena montalionis • Balaena ricei • Balaenella • Balaenotus • Balaenula • Charadrobalaena • Eubalaena (extant) • Eubalaena ianitrix • Eubalaena shinshuensis • Idiocetus • Megabalaena • Notiocetus • Peripolocetus • Protobalaena Family incertae sedis • Morenocetus Clade Thalassotherii • Cetotheriomorphus • Heterocetus • Imerocetus • Isocetus • Otradnocetus • Palaeobalaena • Rhegnopsis Family Cetotheriidae (Miocene - Pliocene) Classification follows Steeman (2007) unless otherwise noted. '' restoration • Adicetus • Brandtocetus • Cephalotropis • Cetotherium • Ciuciulea • Eucetotherium • Halicetus • Herentalia • Herpetocetus • Hibacetus • Joumocetus • Kurdalagonus • Metopocetus • Mithridatocetus • Nannocetus'' skull • Piscobalaena • Thinocetus • Titanocetus • Tiucetus • Vampalus • Zygiocetus Family Diorocetidae (Miocene to Pliocene) • Amphicetus • Diorocetus • Plesiocetopsis • Uranocetus Family Neobalaenidae (Miocene to Recent) • Miocaperea Family Pelocetidae (Miocene) • Cophocetus • Parietobalaena • Pelocetus Family incertae sedis • Isanacetus • Pinocetus • Mauicetus • Taikicetus • Tiphyocetus Superfamily Balaenopteroidea '' skeleton • Eobalaenoptera Family Balaenopteridae (Miocene to Recent) • Archaebalaenoptera • Balaenoptera (extant) • Balaenoptera bertae • Balaenoptera cephalus • Balaenoptera colcloughi • Balaenoptera davidsonii • Balaenoptera siberi • Balaenoptera sursiplana • Balaenoptera taiwanica • "Balaenoptera" cortesii • "Balaenoptera" portisi • "Balaenoptera" ryani • Burtinopsis • Cetotheriophanes • Fragilicetus • Incakujira • Marzanoptera • Miobalaenoptera • Norrisanima • Nehalaennia • Parabalaenoptera • Plesiobalaenoptera • Plesiocetus • Praemegaptera • Protororqualus Family Eschrichtiidae (Miocene to Recent) • Archaeschrichtius • Eschrichtioides • Gricetoides • Megapteropsis Family Tranatocetidae • Mesocetus • Mixocetus • Tranatocetus Family incertae sedis • Mioceta (nomen dubium) • Piscocetus • Siphonocetus (nomen dubium) • Tretulias (nomen dubium) • Ulias (nomen dubium) ==Suborder Odontoceti==

Basal forms Family Agorophiidae (Early Oligocene) • Agorophius Family Ashleycetidae (Early Oligocene) • Ashleycetus Family Patriocetidae (Oligocene to Early Miocene) • Patriocetus Family Simocetidae (Early Oligocene) • Simocetus Family Xenorophidae (Late Oligocene) • Albertocetus • Archaeodelphis • Cotylocara • Echovenator • Inermorostrum • Mirocetus • Xenorophus Family Inticetidae • Inticetus • Phococetus Family Microzeuglodontidae • Microzeuglodon Family Squaloziphiidae (Late Oligocene to Early Miocene) • Squaloziphius • Yaquinacetus Family incertae sedis • Ankylorhiza • Agriocetus • Atropatenocetus • Ediscetus • Olympicetus • Saurocetus Superfamily Squalodontoidea Family Dalpiazinidae (Late Oligocene to Miocene) • Dalpiazina Family Prosqualodontidae (Late Oligocene-Middle Miocene) • Parasqualodon • Prosqualodon Superfamily Physeteroidea Family Kogiidae (Miocene to recent) • Aprixokogia • Kogia (extant) • Kogia pusilla • Kogia danomurai • Kogiopsis • Koristocetus • Nanokogia • Platyscaphokogia • Pliokogia • Praekogia • Scaphokogia • Thalassocetus Family Physeteridae • Cozzuoliphyseter • Eophyseter • Ferecetotherium • Idiophyseter • Idiorophus • Orycterocetus • Physeterula • Placoziphius • Preaulophyseter • Scaldicetus Family incertae sedis • Acrophyseter • Albicetus • Aulophyseter • Brygmophyseter • Diaphorocetus • Eudelphis • Hoplocetus (nomen dubium) • Livyatan • Miokogia (nomen dubium) • Paleophoca (nomen dubium) • Prophyseter (nomen dubium) • Rhaphicetus • Zygophyseter Superfamily "Eurhinodelphinoidea" Family Argyrocetidae (Late Oligocene to Early Miocene) • Argyrocetus • Chilcacetus • Macrodelphinus Family Eoplatanistidae (Miocene) • Eoplatanista Family Eurhinodelphinidae (Late Oligocene to Late Miocene) & Eurhinodelphis'' • Ceterhinops • Eurhinodelphis • Iniopsis • Mycteriacetus • Phocaenopsis • Schizodelphis • Vanbreenia • Xiphiacetus • Ziphiodelphis Superfamily Platanistoidea • Aondelphis • Awamokoa • Dolgopolis • Ensidelphis • Perditicetus • Urkudelphis Family Allodelphinidae (Late Oligocene to Middle Miocene) • Allodelphis • Arktocara • Goedertius • Ninjadelphis • Furcadelphis • Huaridelphis • Macrosqualodelphis • Medocinia • Notocetus • Phocageneus • Squalodelphis Family Squalodontidae (Late Oligocene to Middle Miocene) • Austrosqualodon • Eosqualodon • Macrophoca • Neosqualodon • Pachyodon • Phoberodon • Squalodon (syn. Kelloggia, Rhizoprion, Crenidelphinus, Arionius, Phocodon) • Smilocamptus • Tangaroasaurus Family Waipatiidae (Late Oligocene to Early Miocene) • ?Microcetus • Otekaikea • Papahu • Sachalinocetus • Waipatia Superfamily Ziphioidea Family Ziphiidae (Miocene to Recent) • Basal forms • Aporotus • Beneziphius • Chavinziphius • Chimuziphius • Choneziphius • Dagonodum • Globicetus • Imocetus • Messapicetus • Ninoziphius • Notoziphius • Tusciziphius • Ziphirostrum • Subfamily Berardiinae • Archaeoziphius • Microberardius • Subfamily Hyperoodontinae • Africanacetus • Belemnoziphius • Ihlengesi • Khoikhoicetus • Mesoplodon (extant) • Mesoplodon posti • Mesoplodon slangkopi • Mesoplodon tumidirostris • Nenga • Pterocetus • Xhosacetus • Subfamily Ziphiinae • Caviziphius • Izikoziphius • Nazcacetus • Subfamily incertae sedis • Anoplonassa • Cetorhynchus • Eboroziphius • Pelycorhamphus Clade Delphinida Family incertae sedis • Anacharsis • Belonodelphis • Delphinavus • Graamocetus • Hadrodelphis • Lamprolithax • Leptodelphis • Liolithax • Lophocetus • Loxolithax • Macrokentriodon • Microphocaena • Miodelphis • Nannolithax • Oedolithax • Oligodelphis • Palaeophocaena • Pithanodelphis • Platylithax • Prionodelphis • Protodelphinus • Sarmatodelphis • Sophianacetus • Tagicetus Superfamily Delphinoidea Family Albireonidae (Miocene to Pliocene) • Albireo Family Delphinidae (Oligocene to Recent) • Arimidelphis • Astadelphis • Australodelphis • Delphinus (extant) • Delphinus domeykoi • Eodelphinus • Etruridelphis • Hemisyntrachelus • Lagenorhynchus (extant) • Lagenorhynchus harmatuki • Norisdelphis • Globicephala (extant) • Globicephala baereckeii • Globicephala etruriae • Orcinus (extant) • Orcinus citoniensis • Orcinus meyeri • Orcinus paleorca • Platalearostrum • Protoglobicephala • Pseudorca (extant) • Pseudorca yokoyamai • Pseudorca yuanliensis • Septidelphis • Sinanodelphis • Stenella (extant) • Stenella rayi • Tursiops (extant) • Tursiops miocaenus • Tursiops osennae Family Kentriodontidae (Oligocene to Pliocene) '' reconstruction • Belonodelphis? • Kampholophos • Kentriodon • Liolithax? • Mesokentriodon • Rudicetus • Sophianaecetus • Wimahl Family Monodontidae (Miocene to Recent) • Bohaskaia • Casatia • Denebola • Haborodelphis Family Odobenocetopsidae (Late Miocene to Early Pliocene) '' reconstruction • Odobenocetops Family Phocoenidae (Miocene to Recent) • Archaeophocaena • Australithax • Brabocetus • Harborophocoena • Lomacetus • Miophocaena • Numataphocoena • Piscolithax • Pterophocaena • Salumiphocaena • Semirostrum • Septemtriocetus Superfamily Inioidea • Awadelphis • Brujadelphis • Incacetus • Meherrinia Family Iniidae (Miocene to Recent) • Goniodelphis • Hesperoinia • Ischyrorhynchus • Isthminia • Kwanzacetus • Saurocetes Family Pontoporiidae (Middle Miocene to Recent) • Atocetus • Auroracetus • Brachydelphis • Pliopontos • Pontistes • Protophocaena • Samaydelphis • Scaldiporia • Stenasodelphis Superfamily Lipotoidea Family Lipotidae (Late Miocene to Recent) • Parapontoporia Superfamily incertae sedis • Delphinodon • Heterodelphis Family incertae sedis • Acrodelphis • Champsodelphis • Hesperocetus • Imerodelphis (Miocene) • Kharthlidelphis • Lonchodelphis • Macrochirifer • Microsqualodon • Pelodelphis • Rhabdosteus (nomen dubium) • Sulakocetus == See also ==