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Delphinidae

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Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	42953	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42953

Rank

family (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Delphinidae

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
order	Cetacea	Brisson 1762
-	Pelagiceti	Uhen 2008
-	Neoceti	Fordyce and de Muizon 2001
suborder	Odontoceti	Flower 1867
infraorder	Delphinida	Muizon 1984
superfamily	Delphinoidea	Flower 1865
family	Delphinidae	Gray 1821

Common Name

dolphin

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Carnivorae	stated without evidence	Gray, 1821
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Cetae	stated without evidence	Gray, 1825
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Cetacea	stated without evidence	De Kay, 1842
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Cete	stated without evidence	Gray, 1846
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Cetacea	stated without evidence	Bronn, 1853
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Denticete	stated without evidence	Gray, 1864
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Odontoceti	stated without evidence	Flower, 1867
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Delphinoidea	stated without evidence	Gray, 1868
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Denticete	stated without evidence	Scammon and Cope, 1869
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Delphinoidea	stated without evidence	Gray, 1870
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Denticete	stated without evidence	Gill, 1871
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Cetacea	stated with evidence	Leidy, 1873
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Denticete	stated without evidence	Gill, 1873
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Odontoceti	stated without evidence	Flower, 1883
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Odontoceta	stated without evidence	Ameghino, 1889
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Odontoceti	stated without evidence	Cope, 1889
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Cetacea	stated without evidence	Newton, 1891
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Odontoceti	stated without evidence	Flower and Lydekker, 1891
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Delphinoceti	stated without evidence	Abel, 1914
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Odontoceti	stated without evidence	Miller, 1923
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Delphinoceti	stated without evidence	Portis, 1925
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Odontoceti	stated without evidence	Zittel, 1925
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Delphinoceti	stated without evidence	Dal Piaz, 1929
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Odontocete	stated without evidence	Hay, 1930
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Delphinoceti	stated without evidence	Van Deinse, 1931
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Odontoceti	stated without evidence	Slijper, 1936
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Delphinoidea	stated without evidence	Simpson, 1945
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Odontoceti	stated without evidence	Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott, 1951
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Delphinoidea	stated without evidence	Fraser and Purves, 1960
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Odontoceti	stated without evidence	Scheffer and Rice, 1963
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Delphinoidea	stated without evidence	Kasuya, 1973
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Odontoceti	stated without evidence	Pilleri, 1985
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Delphinoidea	stated without evidence	de Muizon, 1988
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Odontoceti	implied	Carroll, 1988
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Cetacea	implied	Nowak, 1991
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Delphinoidea	stated without evidence	Vidal, 1991
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Odontoceti	stated without evidence	Benton, 1993
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Delphinoidea	stated without evidence	Fordyce and Barnes, 1994
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Odontoceti	stated without evidence	Jefferson and Leatherwood, 1994
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Delphinoidea	stated without evidence	Fordyce et al., 1995
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Odontoceti	stated without evidence	Newcomer et al., 1996
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Delphinoidea	implied	McKenna and Bell, 1997
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Delphinoidea	stated without evidence	Fordyce and de Muizon, 2001
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Odontoceti	stated without evidence	Jefferson and Karczmarski, 2001
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Delphinoidea	stated without evidence	Rice, 2002
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Odontoceti	stated without evidence	Perrin, 2002
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Delphinoidea	stated without evidence	Bianucci, 2005
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Odontoceti	stated without evidence	Mead and Brownell, 2005
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Delphinoidea	stated without evidence	Bianucci and Landini, 2007
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Delphinoidea	stated with evidence	Murakami et al., 2014
Delphinidae	family	belongs to Delphinoidea	stated without evidence	Berta, 2017

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

129

Extant Size (PBDB)

86 (67%)

First Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 20.4 Ma
Miocene

Environment

marine,freshwater (based on Odontoceti)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Cetacea)

Diet

piscivore, carnivore (based on Delphinidae)

Reproduction

viviparous (based on Odontoceti)

Ontogeny

modification of parts (based on Cetacea)

Taphonomy

hydroxylapatite (based on Odontoceti)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. E. Gray. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15:296-310

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Delphininae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		155	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Globicephalinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		133	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Lissodelphininae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		34	13.8 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Orcaellinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Orcininae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Steninae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Stenoninae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Lagenorhynchina tribe	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Stenonina tribe	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Arimidelphis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Australodelphis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Eodelphinus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Hemisyntrachelus ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		31	23.0 Ma Miocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Lagenorhynchus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Leucopleurus genus	listed (PBDB)		2	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Orcinus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Killer Whale	39	16.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Sotalia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Steno genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		17	7.25 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Catodontina unranked clade	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Monoceratina unranked clade	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Orcina unranked clade	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1821	Delphinidae Gray p. 310
1822	Delphinus boryi Desmarest
1824	Delphinus rhinoceros Quoy and Gaimard
1825	Delphinidae Gray p. 340
1826	Delphinus leucocephalus Lesson
1826	Delphinus malayanus Lesson
1826	Delphinus maculatus Lesson and Garnot
1829	Delphinus boryi Fischer p. 505
1829	Delphinus maculatus Fischer p. 506
1829	Delphinus malayanus Fischer p. 508
1829	Delphinus rhinoceros Fischer p. 509
1829	Delphinus leucocephalus Fischer p. 510
1842	Delphinidae De Kay
1846	Delphinidae Gray p. 21
1846	Steno malayanus Gray p. 43
1849	Delphinidae Bonaparte p. 618
1850	Delphinidae Bonaparte p. 1
1850	Delphinidae Gray p. 57
1850	Steno malayanus Gray p. 127
1853	Delphinidae Bronn p. 758
1853	Delphinidae Pictet p. 381
1864	Delphinidae Gray p. 235
1866	Delphinidae Gray p. 62
1866	Steno malayanus Gray p. 232
1867	Delphinidae Flower p. 113
1868	Delphinidae Gray p. 4
1869	Delphinidae Scammon and Cope p. 20
1870	Delphinidae Gray p. 772
1871	Delphinidae Gill p. 123
1872	Delphinidae Gill p. 95
1873	Holodontidae Brandt p. 226
1873	Delphinidae Gill p. 27
1873	Delphinidae Leidy p. 337
1874	Holodontidae Brandt p. II
1874	Trispondylus Vanden Broeck p. 146
1874	Trispondylus kleini Vanden Broeck p. 147
1883	Delphinidae Flower p. 184
1886	Tursiops miocaenus Portis figs. Fig. 5
1887	Delphinidae Lydekker p. 75
1889	Delphinidae Ameghino p. 885
1889	Delphinidae Cope p. 876
1890	Delphinidae Cope p. 609
1891	Delphinidae Flower and Lydekker p. 89
1891	Delphinidae Newton p. 76
1895	Delphinidae Flores p. 12
1896	Delphinus chilensis Philippi
1898	Delphinidae Trouessart p. 1026
1898	Tursiops miocaenus Trouessart p. 1029
1902	Delphinidae Hay p. 593
1904	Delphinidae Case p. 29
1904	Delphinidae Trouessart p. 763
1904	Tursiops miocaenus Trouessart p. 764
1904	Prodelphinus malayanus Trouessart p. 766
1904	Delphinidae Weber p. 579
1905	Delphinidae Abel p. 139
1908	Delphinidae True p. 391
1911	Delphinidae Jaekel p. 231
1912	Delphinidae Turner p. 96
1914	Delphinidae Abel p. 221
1917	Steno cudmorei Chapman p. 41 figs. Plate IV, FIg 5
1923	Delphinidae Miller p. 40
1925	Delphinidae Portis p. 14
1925	Delphinidae Zittel p. 87

Year	Name and Author
1928	Delphinidae Kellogg p. 33 figs. Table 1
1928	Delphinidae Weber p. 389
1929	Delphinidae Dal Piaz p. 84
1930	Delphinidae Hay p. 585
1931	Delphinidae Van Deinse p. 33
1936	Hemisyntrachelidae Slijper p. 552
1936	Delphinidae Slijper p. 555
1945	Hemisyntrachelidae Simpson p. 102
1945	Delphinidae Simpson p. 103
1951	Delphinidae Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott p. 730
1960	Cephalorhynchinae Fraser and Purves p. 112 figs. Figure 26
1960	Delphinidae Fraser and Purves p. 112 figs. Figure 26
1963	Grampidelphidae Nishiwaki
1963	Delphinidae Scheffer and Rice p. 5
1966	Delphinidae Hershkovitz p. 15
1973	Delphinidae Kasuya p. 61
1985	Delphinidae Barnes et al. p. 25
1985	Tursiops miocaenus Pilleri p. 19
1985	Delphinidae Pilleri p. 62
1987	Tursiops miocaenus Pilleri p. 146
1988	Delphinidae Carroll
1988	Delphinidae Heyning and Dahleim p. 1
1988	Cephalorhynchinae de Muizon p. 162
1988	Delphinidae de Muizon p. 188
1991	Delphinidae Nowak
1991	Delphinidae Vidal p. 5
1993	Delphinidae Benton p. 762
1993	Hemisyntrachelidae Benton p. 762
1993	Delphinidae Jefferson and Newcomer p. 1
1994	Delphinidae Fordyce and Barnes p. 429 figs. Table 1
1994	Delphinidae Jefferson and Leatherwood p. 1
1994	Delphinidae Stacey et al. p. 1
1995	Delphinidae Fordyce et al. p. 379
1996	Delphinidae Newcomer et al. p. 1
1996	Delphinidae da Silva and Best p. 1
1997	Delphinidae McKenna and Bell p. 384
1997	Cephalorhynchinae McKenna and Bell p. 386
1997	Hemisyntrachelidae McKenna and Bell p. 391
2001	Delphinidae Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179
2001	Delphinidae Jefferson and Karczmarski p. 1
2001	Delphinidae Perrin p. 1
2002	Delphinidae Perrin p. 1
2002	Delphinidae Rice p. 231 figs. Table 1
2003	Delphinidae Geisler and Sanders p. 28
2004	Cephalorhynchinae Buchholtz and Schur p. 384 figs. Figure 1
2004	Holodontidae Schultze p. 474
2005	Delphinidae Bianucci p. 331
2005	Delphinidae Mead and Brownell p. 726
2007	Delphinidae Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1
2008	Delphinidae Foekens p. 7 figs. Table 1
2008	Delphinidae Uhen et al. p. 592
2008	Delphinidae Whitmore and Kaltenbach p. 218
2009	Delphinidae Aguirre-Fernández et al.
2009	Delphinidae Fordyce and Roberts p. 553
2010	Delphinidae Canto et al. p. 20
2010	Holodontidae Clement and Long
2010	Delphinidae Post and Kompanje p. 2
2011	Delphinidae Geisler et al. p. 29 figs. Figure 5
2013	Delphinidae Bianucci p. 723
2014	Delphinidae Murakami et al. p. 493
2016	Delphinidae Marx et al. p. 139
2017	Delphinidae Berta p. 164

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