Wildlife Type

Whales Past and Present (Phylogenetic tree) - Animals in the Habitats and the Fossil sites, and Biodiversity

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The followings are extinct whales excavated from the Cenozoic stratum and extant whales.
  • Kingdom Animalia
    • Phylum Chordate
      • Subphylum Vertebra
        • Infraphylum Gnathostomata (Jawed vertebrates)
          • Class Mammal
            • Subclass Theria (Wild animal)
              • Infraclass Metatheria (Marsupials)
              • Infraclass Eutheria (Placentals)
                • Clade Atlantogenata
                  • Group I Afrotheria (Tenrec, Hyrax, Elephant, Sea-cow)
                  • Group II Xenarthra (Armadillo, Anteater, Sloth, Groud sloth)
                • Clade Boreoeutheria
                  • Group III Euarchontoglires (Primate, Rabbit, Rodent)
                  • Group IV Laurasiatheria
                    • Order Cetacea
                      • Suborder Archaeoceti (Ancient whales)
                        Pakicetidae Pakicetus   (55.8～40.4 Mya; Terrestrial), Ichthyolestes   (48.6～40.4 Mya; Semiaquatic)
                        Ambulocetidae Ambulocetus   (48.6～40.4 Mya; Semiaquatic)
                        Remingtonocetidae Kutchicetus   (55.8～40.4 Mya; Aquatic), Remingtonocetus   (48.6～40.4 Mya; Aquatic)
                        Protocetidae Rodhocetus   (48.6～40.4 Mya; Semiaquatic), Protocetus   (48.6～37.2 Mya; Aquatic), Georgiacetus   (40.4～37.2 Mya;Aquatic )
                        Basilosauridae Zygorhiza   (40.4～37 Mya; Aquatic), Basilosaurus   (40.4-33.9 Mya; Aquatic; ２５m), Dorudon   (40.4～33.9 Mya; Aquatic)
                      • Suborder Mysticeti (Baleen whale)
                        Aetiocetidae Aetiocetus   (33.9～23.03 Mya; Baleen whales with teeth), Chonecetus   (28.4～23.03 Mya; Baleen whales with teeth)
                        Mammalodontidae Mammalodon   (28.4～23.03 Mya; Baleen whales with teeth), Janjucetus   (28.4～23.03 Mya; Baleen whales with teeth)
                        Cetotheriidae Cetotherium   (20.43～1.81 Mya)
                        Mysticete Whale
                        4 spp
                        		 Bowhead Whale (Arctic Sea), North Pacific Right Whale (North Pacific)
                        Rorqual
                        9 spp
                        		 Eobalaenoptera (15.97～13.65 Mya), Fin Whale   (All oceans; ２７m), Blue Whale   (All oceans; ３３m), Humpback Whale (All oceans)
                        Gray Whale Gray Whale (North Pacific)
                        Pygmy Right Whale Pygmy Right Whale (Antarctic Ocean)
                      • Suborder Odontoceti (Toothed whale)
                        Eurhinodelphinidae Eurhinodelphis   (23.03～7.25 Mya)
                        Odobenocetopsidae Odobenocetops   (5.33～3.6 Mya)
                        Oceanic dolphin
                        38 spp
                        		 Commerson's Dolphin, Rough-toothed Dolphin, Indian Humpback Dolphin, Tucuxi, Bottlenose Dolphin, Striped Dolphin, Short-beaked Common Dolphin, Fraser's Dolphin, Pacific White-sided Dolphin, Northern Right Whale Dolphin, Melon-headed Whale, Pygmy Killer Whale, False Killer Whale, Orca, Long-finned Pilot Whale, Irrawaddy Dolphin
                        Monodontidae Narwhal   (Long straight tusk), Beluga   (All-white color skin)
                        Porpoise Finless Porpoise, Harbour Porpoise, Dall's Porpoise
                        Sperm Whales Aulophyseter   (15.97～7.25 Mya), Sperm Whale (All oceans)
                        Sperm Whales Pygmy Sperm Whale (Warm oceans)
                        Beaked whale
                        21 spp
                        		 Cuvier's Beaked Whale, Baird's Beaked Whale, Tasman Beaked Whale, Indo-Pacific Beaked Whale, Northern Bottlenose Whale, Stejneger's Beaked Whale
                        River dolphin Squalodon   (33.9～1.81 Mya), Ganges and Indus River Dolphin, Amazon River Dolphin, Chinese River Dolphin, La Plata Dolphin