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Delphinoidea
Taxonomy
Delphinoidea was named by Flower (1865). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Geisler et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Denticete by Gray (1868); to Odontoceti by Bianucci and Landini (2007); to Odontoceti by Simpson (1945), Fraser and Purves (1960), Kasuya (1973), Gaskin et al. (1974), Brownell (1975), Barnes (1978), Brownell (1983), Brownell and Praderi (1984), Barnes et al. (1985), Barnes (1985), Barnes (1985), Heyning and Dahleim (1988), Vidal (1991), Stacey et al. (1994), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), da Silva and Best (1996), McKenna and Bell (1997), Rice (1998), Ichishima and Kimura (2000), Norman and Mead (2001), Sach and Heizmann (2001), Kazar (2005), Ichishima and Kimura (2005), Kazar (2006), Whitmore and Kaltenbach (2008), Aguirre-Fernandez et al. (2009) and Post and Kompanje (2010); and to Delphinida by de Muizon (1988), Dawson (1996), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Kazar et al. (2004), Uhen et al. (2008), Bianucci et al. (2011) and Geisler et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Denticete by Gray (1868); to Odontoceti by Bianucci and Landini (2007); to Odontoceti by Simpson (1945), Fraser and Purves (1960), Kasuya (1973), Gaskin et al. (1974), Brownell (1975), Barnes (1978), Brownell (1983), Brownell and Praderi (1984), Barnes et al. (1985), Barnes (1985), Barnes (1985), Heyning and Dahleim (1988), Vidal (1991), Stacey et al. (1994), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), da Silva and Best (1996), McKenna and Bell (1997), Rice (1998), Ichishima and Kimura (2000), Norman and Mead (2001), Sach and Heizmann (2001), Kazar (2005), Ichishima and Kimura (2005), Kazar (2006), Whitmore and Kaltenbach (2008), Aguirre-Fernandez et al. (2009) and Post and Kompanje (2010); and to Delphinida by de Muizon (1988), Dawson (1996), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Kazar et al. (2004), Uhen et al. (2008), Bianucci et al. (2011) and Geisler et al. (2011).
Subtaxa
Albireonidae, Delphinavus, Delphinidae (syn. Hemisyntrachelidae, Tursiops miocaenus, Trispondylus, Stenidae, Cephalorhynchinae, Grampidelphidae, Steno cudmorei, Delphinus chilensis, Delphinus malayanus), Graamocetus, Kentriodontidae (syn. Portheus patagonicus), Lamprolithax, Miodelphis, Monodontidae, Nannolithax, Odobenocetopsidae, Oedolithax, Palaeophocaena, Phocoenidae, Platylithax, Protodelphinus, Sinanodelphis
Sister taxa
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Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1865 | Delphinoidea Flower p. 388 |
| 1868 | Delphinoidea Gray p. 4 |
| 1926 | Eurhinodelphis pacificus Matsumoto p. 21 figs. Plate II, Figs. 1-4 |
| 1945 | Delphinoidea Simpson p. 102 |
| 1960 | Delphinoidea Fraser and Purves p. 112 figs. Figure 26 |
| 1973 | Delphinoidea Kasuya p. 61 |
| 1974 | Delphinoidea Gaskin et al. p. 1 |
| 1975 | Delphinoidea Brownell p. 1 |
| 1978 | Delphinoidea Barnes p. 3 |
| 1983 | Delphinoidea Brownell p. 1 |
| 1984 | Delphinoidea Brownell and Praderi p. 1 |
| 1985 | Delphinoidea Barnes p. 3 |
| 1985 | Delphinoidea Barnes et al. p. 25 |
| 1988 | Delphinoidea Heyning and Dahleim p. 1 |
| 1988 | Delphinoidea de Muizon p. 187 |
| 1991 | Delphinoidea Vidal p. 5 |
| 1994 | Delphinoidea Fordyce and Barnes p. 429 figs. Table 1 |
| 1994 | Delphinoidea Stacey et al. p. 1 |
| 1995 | Delphinoidea Fordyce et al. p. 379 |
| 1996 | Delphinoidea Dawson p. 132 |
| 1996 | Delphinoidea da Silva and Best p. 1 |
| 1997 | Delphinoidea McKenna and Bell p. 383 |
| 1998 | Delphinoidea Rice |
| 2000 | Delphinoidea Ichishima and Kimura p. 561 |
| 2001 | Delphinoidea Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179 |
| 2001 | Delphinoidea Norman and Mead p. 1 |
| 2001 | Delphinoidea Sach and Heizmann p. 42 |
| 2004 | Delphinoidea Kazar et al. p. 179 |
| 2005 | Delphinoidea Ichishima and Kimura p. 655 |
| 2005 | Delphinoidea Kazar p. 54 |
| 2006 | Delphinoidea Kazar p. 275 |
| 2007 | Delphinoidea Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1 |
| 2008 | Delphinoidea Uhen et al. p. 587 |
| 2008 | Delphinoidea Whitmore and Kaltenbach p. 198 |
| 2009 | Delphinoidea Aguirre-Fernandez et al. |
| 2010 | Delphinoidea Post and Kompanje p. 2 |
| 2011 | Delphinoidea Bianucci et al. p. 568 |
| 2011 | Delphinoidea Geisler et al. p. 6 figs. Table 1 |
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