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Definition of Delphinoidea

Delphinoidea
Delphinoidea Del`phi*noi"de*a, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.) The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms.

Meaning of Delphinoidea from wikipedia

- Delphinoidea is the largest group of toothed whales, including 66 genera in 6 families. The largest living member of the superfamily is the killer whale...
- dolphins (Delphinidae) and porpoises (Phocoenidae) together comprise the Delphinoidea superfamily. Genetic evidence suggests the porpoises are more closely...
- four extant species. "Phocoena Cuvier 1816 (porpoise) Osteichthyes - Delphinoidea - Phocoenidae PaleoDB taxon number: 63542 Alternative spellings: Delphinus...
- 1990s showed that the former three taxa are more closely related to Delphinoidea than to the South Asian river dolphin. The extinct odontocete families...
- Michael J. (1 May 2000). "Molecular phylogenetic examination of the Delphinoidea trichotomy: congruent evidence from three nuclear loci indicates that...
- whale and pilot whale). Delphinidae is a family within the superfamily Delphinoidea, which also includes the porpoises (Phocoenidae) and the Monodontidae...
- intermediate between Kentriodon and derived delphinidans ((Inioidea+Lipotidae)+Delphinoidea). Peredo et al. (2018) restrict Kentriodon to Kampholophos, Kentriodon...
- Makino; Kimura, Masaichi (2019). "First monodontid cetacean (Odontoceti, Delphinoidea) from the early Pliocene of the north-western Pacific Ocean". Papers...
- "Eodelphinus kabatensis, a replacement name for Eodelphis kabatensis (Cetacea: Delphinoidea: Delphinidae)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (5): 1261. doi:10...
-  Delphinoidea  (dolphins, porpoises, beluga whales, narwhals)  Lipotoidea  (river dolphins)  Physeteroidea  (sperm whales)  Ziphoidea  (beaked whales)...