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Lissodelphininae

Taxonomy

Lissodelphinae was named by Fraser and Purves (1960). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Uhen (2015).

It was synonymized subjectively with Delphinidae by Mead and Brownell (2005); it was corrected as Lissodelphininae by LeDuc et al. (1999), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008) and Uhen (2015).

It was assigned to Delphinidae by Fraser and Purves (1960), Barnes et al. (1985), Vidal (1991), LeDuc et al. (1999), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008) and Uhen (2015).

Subtaxa

Cephalorhynchus (syn. Eutropia), Lissodelphis (syn. Leucorhamphus, Tursio)

Sister taxa

Delphininae (syn. Delphinina), Globicephalinae (syn. Grampidae, Globidelphinidae, Globiocephalina), Orcaellinae, Orcininae (syn. Orcadae, Orcadina), Stenoninae

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Synonyms

Lagenorhynchus clanculus was named by Gray (1849). It is extant.

It was recombined as Electra clanculus by Gray (1868); it was recombined as Electra clancula by Gray (1873); it was synonymized subjectively with Lagenorhynchus cruciger by Hershkovitz (1966).
Delphinus breviceps was named by Jacquinot and Pucheran (1853). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lagenorhynchus breviceps by Gray (1866); it was recombined as Lagenorhynchus thicolea breviceps by Trouessart (1904); it was synonymized subjectively with Lagenorhynchus cruciger by Hershkovitz (1966); it was synonymized subjectively with Lagenorhynchus obscurus by Mead and Brownell (2005).
Clymenia similis was named by Gray (1868). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Stenella coeruleoalbus by Hershkovitz (1966); it was synonymized subjectively with Stenella coeruleoalba by Archer and Perrin (1999); it was synonymized subjectively with Lagenorhynchus obscurus by Mead and Brownell (2005).
Delphinus albigena was named by Quoy and Gaimard (1824). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lagenorhynchus cruciger by Mead and Brownell (2005).
Delphinus longidens was named by Cope (1866). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lagenorhynchus obliquidens by Mead and Brownell (2005).
Lagenorhynchus ognevi was named by Slensov (1955). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lagenorhynchus obliquidens by Mead and Brownell (2005).
Delphinus superciliosus was named by Lesson and Garnot (1826). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Delphinus obscurus by Nilsson (1847); it was recombined as Lagenorhynchus supercilliosus by Trouessart (1904); it was synonymized subjectively with Lagenorhynchus cruciger by Scheffer and Rice (1963); it was synonymized subjectively with Lagenorhynchus obscurus by Mead and Brownell (2005).
Delphinus fitzroyi was named by Waterhouse (1838). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lagenorhynchus fitzroyi by Trouessart (1904); it was synonymized subjectively with Lagenorhynchus obscurus by Mead and Brownell (2005).
Tursio panope was named by Canto (1896). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lissodelphis panope by Trouessart (1904); it was synonymized subjectively with Lagenorhynchus obscurus by Mead and Brownell (2005).
Phocaena posidonia was named by Philippi (1893). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lagenorhynchus posidonia by Trouessart (1904); it was synonymized subjectively with Lagenorhynchus cruciger by Hershkovitz (1966).
Phocaena homei was named by Smith (1828). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lagenorhynchus obscurus by Trouessart (1904).
Lagenorhynchus similis was named by Gray (1868). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lagenorhynchus obscurus by Trouessart (1904).
Sagmatias amblodon was named by Cope (1866). It is extant. It is the type species of Sagmatias.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lagenorhynchus cruciger by Scheffer and Rice (1963) and Hershkovitz (1966); it was synonymized objectively with Sagmatias australis by LeDuc et al. (1999); it was synonymized subjectively with Lagenorhynchus australis by Kellogg (1941) and Mead and Brownell (2005).
Delphinus cruciger was named by Quoy and Gaimard (1824). It is extant. Its type specimen is none designated.

It was recombined as Lagenorhynchus cruciger by Trouessart (1904), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Hershkovitz (1966), Rice (1998) and Mead and Brownell (2005); it was recombined as Sagmatias cruciger by LeDuc et al. (1999); it was considered an invalid subgroup of Lissodelphinae by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).
Phocaena australis was named by Peale (1848). It is extant. Its type specimen is none designated.

It was recombined as Lagenorhynchus australis by Kellogg (1941), Rice (1998) and Mead and Brownell (2005); it was synonymized subjectively with Lagenorhynchus cruciger by Hershkovitz (1966); it was recombined as Sagmatias australis by LeDuc et al. (1999); it was considered an invalid subgroup of Lissodelphinae by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).
Lagenorhynchus obliquidens was named by Gill (1865). It is extant. Its type specimen is USNM 1961, 1962, 1963, a skull ( 3 skulls). Its type locality is San Francisco, which is in a Holocene coastal horizon in California.

It was recombined as Delphinus obliquidens by Scammon and Cope (1869); it was recombined as Sagmatias obliquidens by LeDuc et al. (1999); it was considered an invalid subgroup of Lissodelphinae by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).
Delphinus (Grampus) obscurus was named by Gray (1828). It is extant. Its type specimen is BMNH 41.1733.

It was recombined as Delphinus obscurus by Gray (1828), Gray (1846), Nilsson (1847) and Gray (1850); it was recombined as Clymene obscurua by Gray (1866); it was recombined as Tursio obscurus by Gray (1866); it was recombined as Clymenia obscura by Gray (1868); it was recombined as Tursiops obscurus by Ameghino (1889); it was recombined as Lagenorhynchus obscurus by Trouessart (1904), Fraser and Purves (1960), Rice (1998) and Mead and Brownell (2005); it was synonymized subjectively with Lagenorhynchus cruciger by Scheffer and Rice (1963) and Hershkovitz (1966); it was recombined as Sagmatias obscurus by LeDuc et al. (1999); it was considered an invalid subgroup of Lissodelphinae by Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1824	Delphinus albigena Quoy and Gaimard
1824	Delphinus cruciger Quoy and Gaimard
1826	Delphinus superciliosus Lesson and Garnot
1828	Delphinus obscurus Gray
1828	Phocaena homei Smith
1838	Delphinus fitzroyi Waterhouse
1846	Delphinus obscurus Gray p. 37 figs. Plate 16
1847	Delphinus obscurus Nilsson p. 597
1848	Phocaena australis Peale p. 33 figs. Figure 2
1849	Lagenorhynchus clanculus Gray
1850	Lagenorhynchus clanculus Gray p. 102
1850	Delphinus obscurus Gray p. 107
1853	Delphinus breviceps Jacquinot and Pucheran
1865	Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Gill
1866	Delphinus longidens Cope
1866	Sagmatias amblodon Cope
1866	Clymene obscurua Gray p. 215
1866	Lagenorhynchus clanculus Gray p. 216
1866	Tursio obscurus Gray p. 264
1866	Lagenorhynchus breviceps Gray p. 271
1866	Lagenorhynchus clanculus Gray p. 271
1868	Lagenorhynchus similis Gray
1868	Clymenia obscura Gray p. 6
1868	Clymenia similis Gray p. 6
1868	Electra clanculus Gray p. 7
1869	Delphinus obliquidens Scammon and Cope p. 22
1873	Electra clancula Gray p. 144
1889	Tursiops obscurus Ameghino p. 885
1893	Phocaena posidonia Philippi p. 9 figs. Plate 2, Fig. 1
1896	Tursio panope Canto
1904	Delphinus albigena Trouessart p. 765
1904	Lissodelphis panope Trouessart p. 766
1904	Lagenorhynchus cruciger Trouessart p. 767
1904	Lagenorhynchus fitzroyi Trouessart p. 767
1904	Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Trouessart p. 767
1904	Lagenorhynchus obscurus Trouessart p. 767
1904	Lagenorhynchus posidonia Trouessart p. 767
1904	Lagenorhynchus supercilliosus Trouessart p. 767
1904	Lagenorhynchus thicolea breviceps Trouessart p. 767
1941	Lagenorhynchus australis Kellogg p. 296 figs. Plate 8, Fig. 1
1955	Lagenorhynchus ognevi Slensov
1960	Lagenorhynchus obscurus Fraser and Purves p. 112 figs. Figure 26
1960	Lissodelphinae Fraser and Purves p. 112 figs. Figure 26
1963	Lagenorhynchus cruciger Scheffer and Rice p. 6
1966	Lagenorhynchus cruciger Hershkovitz p. 62
1977	Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Barnes p. 323 figs. Table 1
1985	Lissodelphinae Barnes et al. p. 25
1991	Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Vidal p. 5
1991	Lissodelphinae Vidal p. 5
1998	Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Rice p. 114
1998	Lagenorhynchus australis Rice p. 115
1998	Lagenorhynchus cruciger Rice p. 115
1998	Lagenorhynchus obscurus Rice p. 115
1999	Lissodelphininae LeDuc et al. p. 639 figs. Figure 2
1999	Sagmatias australis LeDuc et al. p. 639 figs. Figure 2
1999	Sagmatias cruciger LeDuc et al. p. 639 figs. Figure 2
1999	Sagmatias obliquidens LeDuc et al. p. 639 figs. Figure 2
1999	Sagmatias obscurus LeDuc et al. p. 639 figs. Figure 2
2001	Lissodelphininae Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179
2005	Lagenorhynchus australis Mead and Brownell p. 729
2005	Lagenorhynchus cruciger Mead and Brownell p. 730
2005	Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Mead and Brownell p. 730
2005	Lagenorhynchus obscurus Mead and Brownell p. 730
2007	Lissodelphininae Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1
2008	Lissodelphininae Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 4.3
2015	Lissodelphininae Uhen

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