| Source Data | |
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| Rank | subfamily (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Delphinidae : Stenoninae |
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Classification
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Stenoninae | subfamily | subjective synonym of Steninae | stated without evidence | Barnes et al., 1985 | | Stenoninae | subfamily | belongs to Delphinidae | stated without evidence | LeDuc et al., 1999 |
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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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| Environment | marine,freshwater (based on Odontoceti) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Cetacea) |
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| Diet | piscivore, carnivore (based on Delphinidae) |
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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) | F. C. Fraser and P. E. Purves. 1960. Hearing in Cetaceans. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 7(1):1-140 |
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| Fraser F. C., Purves P. E. (1960) Hearing in Cetaceans, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 7 1, 1-140 |
| 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 |
| Agnarsson I., May-Collado L. J. (2008) The phylogeny of Cetartiodactyla: The importance of dense taxon sampling, missing data, and the remarkable promise of cytochrome b to provide reliable species-level phylogenies, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 48, 964-985 |
| Perrin W. F., Rosel P. E., et al (2013) How to contend with paraphyly in the taxonomy of the delphinine cetaceans?, Marine Mammal Science 29 4, 569-588 doi:10.1111/mms.12051 |
Stenoninae
