The three cetacean suborders named (jan 1, 1864 – jun 1, 1883)
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Anatomist William H. Flower and the zoologist John E. Gray between them named the three cetacean suborders: Archaeoceti, named by Flower, in 1883; Mysticeti, by Gray, in 1864; and
Odontoceti, by Flower, in 1867
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