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Iniidae
Taxonomy
Iniana was named by Gray (1846). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Gill (1873).
It was reranked as the family Iniidae by Gray (1866), Gray (1868), Gill (1871), Gill (1873), True (1908), Miller (1923), Hay (1930), Rensberger (1969), Kasuya (1973), Muizon (1984), Barnes et al. (1985), Cozzuol (1985), Cozzuol (1988), de Muizon (1988), Benton (1993), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997), Rice (1998), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Geisler and Sanders (2003), Mead and Brownell (2005), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Uhen et al. (2008), Cozzuol (2010), Geisler et al. (2011) and Geisler et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Delphinidae by Gray (1846); to Denticete by Gill (1871); to Denticete by Gray (1866) and Gill (1873); to Odontocete by Hay (1930); to Delphinoidea by Gray (1868) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Platanistoidea by Kasuya (1973), Barnes et al. (1985), Cozzuol (1985), Cozzuol (1988) and Geisler and Sanders (2003); to Odontoceti by True (1908), Miller (1923), Rensberger (1969), Benton (1993), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), Rice (1998) and Mead and Brownell (2005); to Delphinida by Uhen et al. (2008); and to Inioidea by Muizon (1984), de Muizon (1988), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Cozzuol (2010), Geisler et al. (2011) and Geisler et al. (2012).
It was reranked as the family Iniidae by Gray (1866), Gray (1868), Gill (1871), Gill (1873), True (1908), Miller (1923), Hay (1930), Rensberger (1969), Kasuya (1973), Muizon (1984), Barnes et al. (1985), Cozzuol (1985), Cozzuol (1988), de Muizon (1988), Benton (1993), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997), Rice (1998), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Geisler and Sanders (2003), Mead and Brownell (2005), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Uhen et al. (2008), Cozzuol (2010), Geisler et al. (2011) and Geisler et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Delphinidae by Gray (1846); to Denticete by Gill (1871); to Denticete by Gray (1866) and Gill (1873); to Odontocete by Hay (1930); to Delphinoidea by Gray (1868) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Platanistoidea by Kasuya (1973), Barnes et al. (1985), Cozzuol (1985), Cozzuol (1988) and Geisler and Sanders (2003); to Odontoceti by True (1908), Miller (1923), Rensberger (1969), Benton (1993), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), Rice (1998) and Mead and Brownell (2005); to Delphinida by Uhen et al. (2008); and to Inioidea by Muizon (1984), de Muizon (1988), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Cozzuol (2010), Geisler et al. (2011) and Geisler et al. (2012).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1846 | Iniana Gray p. 45 |
| 1866 | Iniidae Gray p. 226 |
| 1868 | Iniidae Gray p. 4 |
| 1871 | Iniidae Gill p. 94 |
| 1873 | Iniidae Gill |
| 1891 | Saurocetidae Ameghino p. 163 |
| 1894 | Pontoplanodidae Ameghino p. 437 |
| 1908 | Iniidae True p. 391 |
| 1923 | Iniidae Miller p. 40 |
| 1923 | Stenodelphininae Miller p. 40 |
| 1930 | Iniidae Hay p. 582 |
| 1930 | Stenodelphininae Hay p. 593 |
| 1945 | Stenodelphininae Simpson p. 101 |
| 1960 | Stenodelphininae Fraser and Purves p. 112 figs. Figure 26 |
| 1969 | Iniidae Rensberger |
| 1973 | Iniidae Kasuya p. 61 |
| 1984 | Iniidae Muizon p. 68 |
| 1985 | Iniidae Barnes et al. p. 25 |
| 1985 | Iniidae Cozzuol p. 42 |
| 1988 | Iniidae Cozzuol p. 39 |
| 1988 | Iniidae de Muizon p. 182 |
| 1993 | Iniidae Benton p. 762 |
| 1994 | Iniidae Fordyce and Barnes p. 429 figs. Table 1 |
| 1995 | Iniidae Fordyce et al. p. 380 |
| 1997 | Iniidae McKenna and Bell p. 387 |
| 1998 | Iniidae Rice |
| 2001 | Iniidae Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179 |
| 2003 | Iniidae Geisler and Sanders p. 28 |
| 2005 | Iniidae Mead and Brownell p. 738 |
| 2007 | Iniidae Bianucci and Landini p. 46 figs. Table 2.1 |
| 2008 | Iniidae Uhen et al. p. 586 |
| 2010 | Iniidae Cozzuol p. 203 |
| 2011 | Iniidae Geisler et al. p. 6 figs. Table 1 |
| 2012 | Iniidae Geisler et al. p. 207 figs. Figure 7 |
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