Delphinoidea
Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Delphinoidea
- A taxonomic superfamily within the infraorder Cetacea – many of the toothed whales.
Hypernyms
- (superfamily): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Artiodactyla – order; Cetacea - infraorder
Hyponyms
- (superfamily): Delphinidae (oceanic dolphins), Monodontidae (beluga and narwhal), Phocoenidae (porpoises) (families)
- Albireonidae, Kentriodontidae, Odobenocetopsidae (extinct families)
- Delphinavus, Graamocetus, Lamprolithax, Miodelphis, Nannolithax, Oedolithax, Oligodelphis, Palaeophocaena, Platylithax, Protodelphinus, Sinanodelphis (genera, incertae sedis)
References
- Delphinoidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Delphinoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Odontoceti on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Delphinoidea at Paleobiology Database