Delphinoidea

Delphinoidea
Delphinoidea
Temporal range: 280 Ma
Oligocene to Recent[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea
Suborder: Odontoceti
Superfamily: Delphinoidea
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Families

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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, Commerson's Dolphin, is also the smallest living cetacean.

Taxonomy

Superfamily Delphinoidea

Family Albireonidae
Genus Albireo
Family Delphinidae
Subfamily Delphininae
Genus Delphinus
Genus Lagenodelphis
Genus Sousa
Genus Stenella(syn. Clymenia, Micropia, Fretidelphis, Prodelphinus)
Genus Tursiops
Subfamily Lissodelphininae
Genus Cephalorhynchus(syn. Eutropia)
Genus Lissodelphis(syn. Tursio, Leucorhamphus)
Subfamily Orcininae
GenusArimidelphis
Genus Feresa
Genus Globicephala (syn. Sphaerocephalus, Globiceps, Globicephalus)
Genus Grampus (syn. Grampidelphis, Grayius)
GenusHemisyntrachelus
Genus Orcaella
Genus Orcinus (syn. Orca, Ophysia, Gladiator)
Genus Peponocephala
Genus Pseudorca (syn. Neorca)
Subfamily Stenoninae
GenusAstadelphis
Genus Sotalia (syn. Tucuxa)
Genus Steno (syn. Glyphidelphis, Stenopontistes)
Subfamily incertae sedis
GenusAnacharsis
GenusAustralodelphis
Genus Lagenorhynchus (syn. Electra, Sagmatias)
FamilyKentriodontidae
Subfamily Kentriodontinae
Genus Belonodelphis
Genus Delphinodon
Genus Incacetus
Genus Kentriodon (syn. Grypolithax)
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 Sophianacetus (syn. Mediocris)
Subfamily incertae sedis
Genus Sarmatodelphis
Genus Kampholophos
Family Monodontidae
Subfamily Delphinapterinae
Genus Delphinapterus
GenusDenebola
Subfamily Monodontinae
Genus Monodon
FamilyOdobenocetopsidae
Genus Odobenocetops
Family Phocoenidae
Subfamily Phocoeninae
GenusAustralithax
GenusLomacetus
GenusLoxolithax
Genus Neophocaena
Genus Phocoena
Subfamily Phocoeninae
Genus Phocoenoides
GenusPiscolithax (syn. Piscorhynchus)
GenusSalumiphocaena
Subfamily incertae sedis
GenusHaborophocoena
GenusNumataphocoena
GenusSeptemriocetus
Familia incertae sedis
GenusDelphinavus
GenusGraamocetus
GenusLamprolithax
GenusMiodelphis
GenusNannolithax
GenusOedolithax
GenusOligodelphis
GenusPalaeophocaena
GenusPlatylithax
GenusProtodelphinus
GenusSinanodelphis

References

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