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Delphinoidea is the
largest group of
toothed whales,
including 66
genera in 6 families. The
largest living member of the
superfamily is the orca, which...
- five
neural spines projecting anterodorsally. This is also seen in some
delphinoid whales,
where it
corresponds to the base of a
dorsal fin. Also like cetaceans...
- hdl:1957/51503. Gray, John
Edward (1865). "Notices of a New
Genus of
Delphinoid Whales from the Cape of Good Hope, and of
other Cetaceans from the same...
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Portheus patagonicus in 1901,
however this
fossil was ****igned to a
delphinoid cetacean of the
family Kentriodontidae by
Cione and
Cozzuol in 1990. Fish...
- Ketten, D. R. (2002). "(Odobenocetops peruvi****), the walrus-convergent
delphinoid (mammalia: cetacea) from the
early pliocene of Peru".
Smithsonian Contributions...
- al. (2005),
recent cladistic analysis places it as
closer to
extant delphinoids than to Kentriodon. O. Lambert, M. Estevens, and R. Smith. 2005. A new...
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decline towards the
Middle Miocene when
sperm whales,
beaked whales and
delphinoids began to emerge.
Toothed whales are
known to have
transitioned from marine...
- modern-day Dall's porpoise, and it may have
competed with
contemporaneous delphinoids. Its
remains were
found in the Poul Cr**** Formation,
which has also yielded...
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rectifrons A pontoporiid.
Prionodelphis P.
rovereti A
single tooth. A
dubious delphinoid,
other specimens once
referred to this
taxon are now
thought to represent...
- A
review of
Lophocetus and
Liolithax and
their relationships to the
delphinoid family Kentriodontidae (Cetacea: Odontoceti).
Bulletin of the Natural...
