Suborder Balaenoidorum Brandt 1874 (whale)
Full reference: J. F. Brandt. 1874. Ergänzungen zu den Fossilen Cetaceen Europa's. Mémoires de L'Academie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg, VIIE Série 21(6):1-54
Parent taxon: Cetacea according to J. F. Brandt 1874
Sister taxa: Ambulocetidae, Archaeoceti, Balaenodontae, Kekenodontidae, Metasqualodon, Pagiodon, Pakicetidae, Pelagiceti, Phococetus, Proteroceta, Remingtonocetidae, Rhynchoceti
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: aquatic carnivore