Platanistoidea

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Superordo: Cetartiodactyla
Ordo: Cetacea
Subordo: Odontoceti
Infraordo: Platanistida
Superfamilia: Platanistoidea
Familiae: Platanistidae - †Allodelphinidae - †Dalpiazinidae - †Prosqualodontidae - †Squalodelphinidae - †Squalodontidae - †Waipatiidae

[edit] Name

Platanistoidea Gray, 1846

[edit] References

• Fordyce, R.E. 1994: Waipatia maerewhenua, new genus and new species (Waipatiidae, new family), an archaic Late Oligocene dolphin (Cetacea: Odontoceti: Platanistoidea) from New Zealand. Pp. 147-176 in Berta, A. & Deméré, T. (eds.) Contributions in marine mammal paleontology honoring Frank C. Whitmore, Jr. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History, 29 PDF
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214

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