Delphinoidea
Delphinoidea Temporal range: 28–0 Ma | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Clade: | Delphinida |
Superfamily: | Delphinoidea Flower 1865 |
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Delphinoidea is the largest group of toothed whales with 66 genera in 6 families. The largest living member of the superfamily is the killer whale, which can reach 6 tonnes, while the smallest is Commerson's Dolphin.
Taxonomy
Superfamily Delphinoidea
- Family †Albireonidae
- Genus Albireo
- Family Delphinidae
- Subfamily Delphininae
- Genus Delphinus
- Genus Lagenodelphis
- Genus Sousa
- Genus Stenella
- Genus Tursiops
- Subfamily Lissodelphininae
- Genus Cephalorhynchus
- Genus Lissodelphis
- Subfamily Orcininae
- Genus †Arimidelphis
- Genus †Eodelphinus
- Genus Feresa
- Genus Globicephala
- Genus Grampus
- Genus †Hemisyntrachelus
- Genus Orcaella
- Genus Orcinus
- Genus Peponocephala
- Genus Pseudorca
- Subfamily Stenoninae
- Subfamily incertae sedis
- Genus †Australodelphis
- Genus †Etruridelphis
- Genus Lagenorhynchus
- Genus †Sinanodelphis
- Subfamily Delphininae
- Family †Kentriodontidae
- Subfamily Kentriodontinae
- Genus Belonodelphis
- Genus Delphinodon
- Genus Heterodelphis
- Genus Incacetus?
- Genus Kentriodon
- Genus Lamprolithax
- Genus Loxolithax
- Genus Macrokentriodon
- Genus Microphocaena
- Genus Rudicetus
- Genus Tagicetus
- Subfamily Lophocetinae
- Genus Hadrodelphis
- Genus Liolithax
- Genus Lophocetus
- Subfamily Pithanodelphininae?
- Genus Atocetus?
- Genus Leptodelphis?
- Genus Pithanodelphis?
- Genus Sarmatodelphis?
- Genus Sophianacetus?
- Subfamily Kampholophinae?
- Genus Kampholophos?
- Subfamily Kentriodontinae
- Family Monodontidae
- Subfamily Delphinapterinae
- Genus †Bohaskaia
- Genus Delphinapterus
- Genus † Denebola
- Subfamily Monodontinae
- Genus Monodon
- Subfamily Delphinapterinae
- Family † Odobenocetopsidae
- Genus Odobenocetops
- Family Phocoenidae
- Genus †Archaeophocaena
- Genus †Australithax
- Genus †Brabocetus
- Genus †Haborophocoena
- Genus †Lomacetus
- Genus †Miophocaena
- Genus Neophocaena
- Genus †Numataphocoena
- Genus Phocoena
- Genus Phocoenoides
- Genus †Piscolithax
- Genus †Pterophocaena
- Genus †Salumiphocaena
- Genus †Semirostrum
- Genus †Septemtriocetus
- Familia incertae sedis
- Genus †Graamocetus
- Genus †Miodelphis
- Genus †Nannolithax
- Genus †Oedolithax
- Genus †Palaeophocaena
- Genus †Platylithax
- Genus †Protodelphinus
References
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