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Platanistidae

Taxonomy
Platanistina was named by Gray (1846). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Barnes and Reynolds (2009).

It was reranked as the family Platanistidae by Gray (1863), Gray (1866), Flower (1867), Gray (1868), Scammon and Cope (1869), Gill (1871), Gill (1871), Gill (1873), Flower (1883), Lydekker (1887), Ameghino (1889), Cope (1889), Cope (1890), Flower and Lydekker (1891), Ameghino (1894), Flores (1895), Longhi (1898), Trouessart (1898), Abel (1900), Hay (1902), Weber (1904), Trouessart (1904), Case (1904), True (1908), Turner (1912), Abel (1913), Miller (1923), Weber (1928), Hay (1930), Slijper (1936), Simpson (1945), Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott (1951), Paula Couto (1956), Fraser and Purves (1960), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Kasuya (1973), Whitmore (1984), Muizon (1984), Pilleri (1985), Barnes et al. (1985), Muizon (1987), Pilleri (1988), Carroll (1988), Pilleri (1989), Muizon (1991), Nowak (1991), Benton (1993), Muizon (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997), Rice (1998), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Barnes (2002), Geisler and Sanders (2003), Mead and Brownell (2005), Lambert (2006), Hulbert and Whitmore (2006), Barnes (2006), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Lambert et al. (2008), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Whitmore and Kaltenbach (2008), Uhen et al. (2008), Barnes and Reynolds (2009) and Geisler et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Delphinidae by Gray (1846); to Cete by Gray (1863); to Susoidea by Gray (1868); to Denticete by Gray (1866), Scammon and Cope (1869), Gill (1871) and Gill (1871); to Denticete by Gill (1873); to Odontoceta by Ameghino (1889) and Ameghino (1894); to Squaloceti by Abel (1913); to Odontocete by Hay (1902) and Hay (1930); to Cetacea by Longhi (1898) and Nowak (1991); to Odontoceti by Flower (1867), Flower (1883), Lydekker (1887), Cope (1889), Cope (1890), Flower and Lydekker (1891), Flores (1895), Trouessart (1898), Abel (1900), Weber (1904), Trouessart (1904), Case (1904), True (1908), Turner (1912), Miller (1923), Weber (1928), Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott (1951), Scheffer and Rice (1963), Whitmore (1984), Pilleri (1985), Pilleri (1988), Carroll (1988), Pilleri (1989), Benton (1993) and Mead and Brownell (2005); to Odontoceti by Slijper (1936) and Hulbert and Whitmore (2006); and to Platanistoidea by Simpson (1945), Paula Couto (1956), Fraser and Purves (1960), Kasuya (1973), Muizon (1984), Barnes et al. (1985), Muizon (1987), Muizon (1991), Muizon (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997), Rice (1998), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Barnes (2002), Geisler and Sanders (2003), Lambert (2006), Barnes (2006), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Lambert et al. (2008), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Whitmore and Kaltenbach (2008), Uhen et al. (2008), Barnes and Reynolds (2009) and Geisler et al. (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Platanistina Gray p. 45
1863Platanistidae Gray p. 199
1866Platanistidae Gray p. 62
1867Platanistidae Flower p. 113
1868Platanistidae Gray p. 4
1869Platanistidae Scammon and Cope p. 20
1871Platanistidae Gill p. 95
1873Platanistidae Gill p. 27
1883Platanistidae Flower p. 184
1887Platanistidae Lydekker p. 73
1889Platanistidae Ameghino p. 884
1889Platanistidae Cope p. 876
1890Platanistidae Cope p. 603
1891Platanistidae Flower and Lydekker p. 89
1894Platanistidae Ameghino p. 438
1895Platanistidae Flores p. 11
1898Platanistidae Longhi p. 329
1898Platanistidae Trouessart p. 1015
1900Platanistidae Abel p. 843
1902Platanistidae Hay p. 590
1904Platanistidae Case p. 8
1904Platanistidae Trouessart p. 756
1904Platanistidae Weber p. 579
1908Platanistidae True p. 391
1912Platanistidae Turner p. 94
1913Platanistidae Abel p. 221
1923Platanistidae Miller p. 40
1928Platanistidae Weber p. 389
1930Platanistidae Hay p. 596
1936Platanistidae Slijper p. 546
1945Platanistidae Simpson p. 100
1951Platanistidae Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott p. 719
1956Platanistidae Paula Couto p. 98
1960Platanistidae Fraser and Purves p. 112 figs. Figure 26
1963Platanistidae Scheffer and Rice p. 5
1966Susuidae Hershkovitz p. 6
1973Platanistidae Kasuya p. 61
1984Platanistidae Muizon p. 68
1984Platanistidae Whitmore p. 230
1985Platanistidae Barnes et al. p. 25
1985Platanistidae Pilleri p. 61
1987Platanistidae Muizon p. 13
1988Platanistidae Carroll
1988Platanistidae Pilleri p. 7
1989Platanistidae Pilleri p. 121
1991Platanistidae Muizon p. 312
1991Platanistidae Nowak
1993Platanistidae Benton p. 762
1994Platanistidae Muizon p. 136
1995Platanistidae Fordyce et al. p. 379
1997Platanistidae McKenna and Bell p. 383
1998Platanistidae Rice
2001Platanistidae Fordyce and de Muizon p. 178
2002Platanistidae Barnes p. 409
2003Platanistidae Geisler and Sanders p. 28
2005Platanistidae Mead and Brownell p. 738
2006Platanistidae Barnes p. 32
2006Platanistidae Hulbert and Whitmore p. 19
2006Platanistidae Lambert p. 70
2007Platanistidae Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1
2008Platanistidae Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981
2008Platanistidae Lambert et al. p. 161
2008Platanistidae Uhen et al. p. 580
2008Platanistidae Whitmore and Kaltenbach p. 192
2009Platanistidae Barnes and Reynolds p. 487
2011Platanistidae Geisler et al. p. 29 figs. Figure 5

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