Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Alternative spellings: Globicephalidae, Globiocephalidae, Globiocephalinae

Invalid subtaxa: Globidelphinidae Nishiwaki 1963 [invalid subgroup], Globiocephalina Gray 1864, Grampidae Nishiwaki 1964 [invalid subgroup]

Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1866. Catalogue of Seals and Whales in the British Museum 1-402

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

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

Subtaxa: Feresa, Globicephala, Grampus, Protoglobicephala, Pseudorca

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Type: Globicephalus

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore