Delphinoidea












































Delphinoidea
Temporal range: 28–0 Ma

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Oligocene to Recent[1]


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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Artiodactyla
Infraorder:
Cetacea
Parvorder:
Odontoceti

Clade:

Delphinida
Superfamily:
Delphinoidea
Flower 1865

Families

See text



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

Genus †Astadelphis

Genus Sotalia

Genus Steno



Subfamily incertae sedis

Genus †Australodelphis

Genus †Etruridelphis

Genus Lagenorhynchus

Genus †Sinanodelphis





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?




Family Monodontidae

Subfamily Delphinapterinae

Genus †Bohaskaia

Genus Delphinapterus

Genus † Denebola



Subfamily Monodontinae
Genus Monodon




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





  1. ^ The Paleobiology Database














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