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Superfamily of mammals
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
tons , while the smallest is the
vaquita .
Taxonomy
Based on McGowen et al ., 2019
[2]
Superfamily Delphinoidea
Family †
Albireonidae
Genus
Albireo
Family
Delphinidae
Subfamily
Delphininae
Genus
Delphinus
Genus
Lagenodelphis
Genus
Sotalia
Genus
Sousa
Genus
Stenella
Genus
Tursiops
Subfamily
Globicephalinae
Genus †
Astadelphis
Genus
Feresa
Genus
Globicephala
Genus
Grampus
Genus
Orcaella
Genus
Peponocephala
Genus
Pseudorca
Genus
Steno
Subfamily
Lissodelphininae
Genus
Cephalorhynchus
Genus
Lissodelphis
Subfamily
Orcininae
Genus †
Arimidelphis
Genus †
Eodelphinus
Genus †
Hemisyntrachelus
Genus
Orcinus
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
Genus
Platyvercus
[3]
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
^
The Paleobiology Database
^ McGowen, Michael R; Tsagkogeorga, Georgia; Álvarez-Carretero, Sandra; dos Reis, Mario; Struebig, Monika; Deaville, Robert; Jepson, Paul D; Jarman, Simon; Polanowski, Andrea; Morin, Phillip A; Rossiter, Stephen J (2019-10-21).
"Phylogenomic Resolution of the Cetacean Tree of Life Using Target Sequence Capture" . Systematic Biology . 69 (3): 479–501.
doi :
10.1093/sysbio/syz068 .
ISSN
1063-5157 .
PMC
7164366 .
PMID
31633766 .
^ Guo, Z.; Kohno, N. (February 2023).
"An Early Miocene kentriodontoid (Cetacea: Odontoceti) from the western North Pacific, and its implications for their phylogeny and paleobiogeography" . PLOS ONE . 18 (2): e0280218.
Bibcode :
2023PLoSO..1880218G .
doi :
10.1371/journal.pone.0280218 .
PMC
9931143 .
PMID
36791148 .