Cetotheriidae

Cetotheriidae Temporal range: Chattian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Cetotherium riabinini
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Parvorder:	Mysticeti
Family:	Cetotheriidae Brandt 1872
Subfamilies and genera
See text
Synonyms
Neobalaenidae? Miller, 1923

Cetotheriidae is a family of baleen whales (parvorder Mysticeti).^[1] The family is known to have existed from the Late Oligocene to the Early Pleistocene before going extinct. Although some phylogenetic studies conducted by Fordyce & Marx 2013 recovered the living pygmy right whale as a member of Cetotheriidae, making the pygmy right whale the only living cetotheriid, other authors either dispute this placement or recover Neobalaenidae as a sister group to Cetotheriidae.