Delphinoidea is the largest group of toothed whales, including 66 genera in 6 families. The largest living member of the superfamily is the killer whale...
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Monodontidae (category Delphinoidea)
dolphins (Delphinidae) and porpoises (Phocoenidae) together comprise the Delphinoidea superfamily. Genetic evidence suggests the porpoises are more closely...
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four extant species: "Phocoena Cuvier 1816 (porpoise) Osteichthyes - Delphinoidea - Phocoenidae PaleoDB taxon number: 63542 Alternative spellings: Delphinus...
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1990s showed that the former three taxa are more closely related to Delphinoidea than to the South Asian river dolphin. The extinct odontocete families...
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Michael J. (1 May 2000). "Molecular phylogenetic examination of the Delphinoidea trichotomy: congruent evidence from three nuclear loci indicates that...
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Kentriodontidae (category Delphinoidea)
intermediate between Kentriodon and derived delphinidans ((Inioidea+Lipotidae)+Delphinoidea). Peredo et al. (2018) restrict Kentriodon to Kampholophos, Kentriodon...
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Espírito Santo, Brazil, to the south. Suborder Odontoceti Superfamily Delphinoidea Family Delphinidae Genus Sotalia Species Sotalia fluviatilis, tucuxi...
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encephalization quotient) in some members of the odontocete superfamily Delphinoidea (dolphins, porpoises, belugas, and narwhals) is greater than modern humans...
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type species is H. japonicus. "First monodontid cetacean (Odontoceti, Delphinoidea) from the early Pliocene of the north-western Pacific Ocean". Papers...
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Delphinoidea (dolphins, porpoises, beluga whales, narwhals) Lipotoidea (river dolphins) Physeteroidea (sperm whales) Ziphoidea (beaked whales)...
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