Neoceti

Translingual

Etymology

From neo- + Latin cētī (“whales”).

Proper noun

Neoceti

1. A taxonomic clade within the order Cetacea.

Usage notes

• Used to accommodate the phylogenetics of extinct cetaceans, distinct from the extant suborders

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; Cetacea - order

Hyponyms

• (clade): Mysticeti, Odontoceti - suborders

Coordinate terms

• (clade): †Archaeoceti - taxon

References

• Neoceti on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cetacea in Mammal Species of the World^[1] at Bucknell.
• Neoceti at Paleobiology Database