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Phocoenidae (porpoise)
Taxonomy
Phocaenina was named by Gray (1825). It is extant.
It was reranked as the family Phocaenidae by Abel (1913), Van Deinse (1931), Slijper (1936), Simpson (1945), Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott (1951), Barnes (1985), de Muizon (1988), Carroll (1988), Benton (1993), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Ichishima and Kimura (2000); it was corrected as Phocaenini by Zittel (1925); it was reranked as the family Phocoenidae by Kasuya (1973), Gaskin et al. (1974), Brownell (1975), Brownell (1983), Brownell and Praderi (1984), Muizon (1984), Barnes et al. (1985), Vidal (1991), Nowak (1991), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), Rice (1998), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Geisler and Sanders (2003), Mead and Brownell (2005), Ichishima and Kimura (2005), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Uhen et al. (2008), Ichishima and Kimura (2009), Geisler et al. (2011), Murakami et al. (2012) and Murakami et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Delphinidae by Gray (1825), Gray (1864), Gray (1868) and Zittel (1925); to Delphinoceti by Abel (1913) and Van Deinse (1931); to Odontoceti by Slijper (1936); to Cetacea by Nowak (1991); to Odontoceti by Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott (1951), Carroll (1988), Benton (1993), Rice (1998), Geisler and Sanders (2003) and Mead and Brownell (2005); to Monodontoidae by Geisler et al. (2011); and to Delphinoidea by Simpson (1945), Kasuya (1973), Gaskin et al. (1974), Brownell (1975), Brownell (1983), Brownell and Praderi (1984), Muizon (1984), Barnes et al. (1985), Barnes (1985), de Muizon (1988), Vidal (1991), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997), Ichishima and Kimura (2000), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Ichishima and Kimura (2005), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Uhen et al. (2008), Ichishima and Kimura (2009), Murakami et al. (2012) and Murakami et al. (2012).
It was reranked as the family Phocaenidae by Abel (1913), Van Deinse (1931), Slijper (1936), Simpson (1945), Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott (1951), Barnes (1985), de Muizon (1988), Carroll (1988), Benton (1993), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Ichishima and Kimura (2000); it was corrected as Phocaenini by Zittel (1925); it was reranked as the family Phocoenidae by Kasuya (1973), Gaskin et al. (1974), Brownell (1975), Brownell (1983), Brownell and Praderi (1984), Muizon (1984), Barnes et al. (1985), Vidal (1991), Nowak (1991), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), Rice (1998), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Geisler and Sanders (2003), Mead and Brownell (2005), Ichishima and Kimura (2005), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Uhen et al. (2008), Ichishima and Kimura (2009), Geisler et al. (2011), Murakami et al. (2012) and Murakami et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Delphinidae by Gray (1825), Gray (1864), Gray (1868) and Zittel (1925); to Delphinoceti by Abel (1913) and Van Deinse (1931); to Odontoceti by Slijper (1936); to Cetacea by Nowak (1991); to Odontoceti by Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott (1951), Carroll (1988), Benton (1993), Rice (1998), Geisler and Sanders (2003) and Mead and Brownell (2005); to Monodontoidae by Geisler et al. (2011); and to Delphinoidea by Simpson (1945), Kasuya (1973), Gaskin et al. (1974), Brownell (1975), Brownell (1983), Brownell and Praderi (1984), Muizon (1984), Barnes et al. (1985), Barnes (1985), de Muizon (1988), Vidal (1991), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997), Ichishima and Kimura (2000), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Ichishima and Kimura (2005), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Uhen et al. (2008), Ichishima and Kimura (2009), Murakami et al. (2012) and Murakami et al. (2012).
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1825 | Phocaenina Gray p. 340 |
| 1864 | Phocaenina Gray p. 244 |
| 1868 | Phocaenina Gray p. 8 |
| 1913 | Phocaenidae Abel p. 221 |
| 1925 | Phocaenini Zittel p. 87 |
| 1931 | Phocaenidae Van Deinse p. 33 |
| 1936 | Phocaenidae Slijper p. 556 |
| 1945 | Phocaenidae Simpson p. 104 |
| 1951 | Phocaenidae Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott p. 728 |
| 1973 | Phocoenidae Kasuya p. 61 |
| 1974 | Phocoenidae Gaskin et al. p. 1 |
| 1975 | Phocoenidae Brownell p. 1 |
| 1983 | Phocoenidae Brownell |
| 1984 | Phocoenidae Brownell and Praderi p. 1 |
| 1984 | Phocoenidae Muizon p. 79 |
| 1985 | Phocaenidae Barnes p. 161 |
| 1985 | Phocoenidae Barnes et al. p. 25 |
| 1988 | Phocaenidae Carroll |
| 1988 | Phocaenidae de Muizon p. 189 |
| 1991 | Phocoenidae Nowak |
| 1991 | Phocoenidae Vidal p. 5 |
| 1993 | Phocaenidae Benton p. 762 |
| 1994 | Phocoenidae Fordyce and Barnes p. 429 figs. Table 1 |
| 1995 | Phocoenidae Fordyce et al. p. 340 |
| 1997 | Phocaenidae McKenna and Bell p. 390 |
| 1998 | Phocoenidae Rice p. 121 |
| 2000 | Phocaenidae Ichishima and Kimura p. 561 |
| 2001 | Phocoenidae Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179 |
| 2003 | Phocoenidae Geisler and Sanders p. 28 |
| 2005 | Phocoenidae Ichishima and Kimura p. 655 |
| 2005 | Phocoenidae Mead and Brownell p. 735 |
| 2007 | Phocoenidae Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1 |
| 2008 | Phocoenidae Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 4.3 |
| 2008 | Phocoenidae Uhen et al. p. 591 |
| 2009 | Phocoenidae Ichishima and Kimura p. 857 |
| 2011 | Phocoenidae Geisler et al. p. 29 figs. Figure 5 |
| 2012 | Phocoenidae Murakami et al. p. 1158 figs. Figure 8 |
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