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Denticete

Taxonomy
Denticete was named by Gray (1864). It is extant.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Denticete by Gray (1864), Gray (1866) and Gray (1868); it was synonymized subjectively with Odontoceti by Rice (1998).

It was assigned to Cete by Gray (1864), Gray (1866) and Gray (1868); to Cete by Gill (1871); and to Cetacea by Scammon and Cope (1869), Gill (1871) and Gill (1873).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Denticete Gray
1866Denticete Gray p. 194
1868Denticete Gray p. 3
1869Denticete Scammon and Cope p. 20
1871Denticete Gill p. 93
1873Denticete Gill p. 20

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