†suborder Archaeoceti Flower 1883 (whale)
Invalid subtaxa: Hydrothereuta Ameghino 1889 [objective synonym], Squalodon gambierensis Glaessner 1955 [invalid subgroup], Zeuglodontes Pictet 1853, Zeuglodontia Pictet 1853
Full reference: W. H. Flower. 1883. On the arrangement of the Orders and Families of existing Mammalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1883:178-186
Parent taxon: Cetacea according to G. Bianucci and P. D. Gingerich 2011
Sister taxa: Ambulocetidae, Balaenodontae, Balaenoidorum, Kekenodontidae, Metasqualodon, Pagiodon, Pakicetidae, Pelagiceti, Phococetus, Proteroceta, Remingtonocetidae, Rhynchoceti
Subtaxa: Eocetus, Protocetidae
Ecology: aquatic carnivore