Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Synonym: Delphinina Gray 1825 [invalid subgroup]

Full reference: W. H. Flower. 1867. Description of the skeleton of Inia geoffrensis and the skull of Pontoporia blainvillii, with remarks on the systematic position of these animals in the Order Cetacea. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 6:87-116

Parent taxon: Delphinidae according to J. H. Geisler et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Anacharsis, Australodelphis, Catodontina, Etruridelphis, Globicephalinae, Lagenorhynchina, Lagenorhynchus, Leucopleurus, Lissodelphininae, Monoceratina, Orcaella, Orcaellinae, Orcina, Orcininae, Orcinus, Septidelphis, Steno, Stenonina, Stenoninae

Subtaxa: Delphinus, Sagmatias, Sousa, Stenella

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Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore