Cetotheriidae

Cetotheriidae is a family of baleen whales. 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.

 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

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 References 
Category:Whales
Category:Cetaceans
Category:Baleen whales

 Other websites 

 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/309299195_A_systematic_review_of_cetothere_baleen_whales_Cetacea_Cetotheriidae_from_the_Late_Miocene_of_Crimea_and_Caucasus_with_a_new_genus