| Source Data | |
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| Rank | subfamily (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Monodontidae : Delphinapterinae |
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Classification
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Delphinapterinae | subfamily | belongs to Delphinidae | stated without evidence | Gill, 1871 | | Delphinapterinae | subfamily | belongs to Monodontidae | stated without evidence | Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott, 1951 | | Delphinapterinae | subfamily | belongs to Delphinapteridae | stated without evidence | Kasuya, 1973 | | Delphinapterinae | subfamily | belongs to Monodontidae | stated without evidence | Barnes, 1984 | | Delphinapterinae | subfamily | belongs to Monodontidae | implied | McKenna and Bell, 1997 | | Delphinapterinae | subfamily | belongs to Monodontidae | stated without evidence | Fordyce and de Muizon, 2001 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 11.6 - 7.2 Ma
Miocene |
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| Environment | marine,freshwater (based on Odontoceti) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Cetacea) |
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| Diet | piscivore (based on Monodontidae) |
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| Reproduction | viviparous (based on Odontoceti) |
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| Ontogeny | modification of parts (based on Cetacea) |
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| Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite (based on Odontoceti) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | T. Gill. 1871. Synopsis of the primary subdivisions of the cetaceans. Communications of the Essex Institute 6:121-126 |
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| Gill T. Synopsis of the primary subdivisions of the cetaceans, Communications of the Essex Institute 6, 121-126 |
| Flower W. H. Description of the skeleton of Inia geoffrensis and the skull of Pontoporia blainvillii, with remarks on the systematic position of these animals in the Order Cetacea, Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 6, 87-116 |
| Gray J. E. , Synopsis of the species of whales and dolphins in the Collection of the British Museum, 1-10 |
| Gray J. E. Notes on the arrangement of the genera of delphinoid whales, Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London 1870, 772-773 |
| Gill T. Arrangement of the Families of Mammals, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 11 230, 1-98 |
| Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868 |
| Trouessart E. L. (1904) , Catalogus Mammalium Tam Viventium Quam Fossilium, Fourth Edition, 1-929 |
| Abel O. (1905) Les Odontocètes du Boldérien (Miocène Supérieur) D'Anvers, Mémoires du Musée royal D'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 3, 1-155 |
| Miller G. S. (1923) The telescoping of the cetacean skull, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 76 5, 1-70 |
| Hay O. P. (1930) Second Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America, Carnegie Institution of Washington 390 II, 1-1074 |
| Slijper E. J. (1936) Die Cetaceen, Capita Zoologica 7, 1-590 |
| Ellerman J. R., Morrisson-Scott T. C. S. (1951) , Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946, 1-810 |
| Barnes L. G. (1984) Fossil odontocetes (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Almejas Formation, Isla Cedros, Mexico, PaleoBios 42, 1-46 |
| Vidal O. (1991) Catalog of osteological collections of aquatic mammals from Mexico, NOAA Technical Reports NMFS 97, 1-36 |
| McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640 |
| Fordyce R. E., de Muizon C. (2001) Evolutionary history of the cetaceans: a review, Secondary Adaptations of Tetrapods to Life in the Water, 169-233 |
| Foekens R. (2008) Fossiele gehoorbeentjes van walvissen uit Mill, Noord-Brabant, Cranium 25, 5-20 |
| Whitmore F. C., Kaltenbach J. A. (2008) Neogene Cetacea of the Lee Creek Phosphate Mine, North Carolina, Virginia Museum of Natural History Special Publication 14, 181-269 |
Delphinapterinae
