Neoceti
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Translingual
Etymology
From neo- + Latin cētī (“whales”).
Proper noun
Neoceti
- A taxonomic clade within the infraorder Cetacea.
Usage notes
- Used to accommodate the phylogenetics of extinct cetaceans, distinct from the extant parvorders
Hypernyms
- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Artiodactyla – order; Cetacea - infraorder
Hyponyms
- (clade): Mysticeti, Odontoceti - parvorders
Coordinate terms
- (clade): †Archaeoceti - taxon
References
Neoceti on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - Cetacea in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
- Neoceti at Paleobiology Database
