Source Data | |
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Rank | subfamily (PBDB) |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cetacea : Phocoenidae : Phocoeninae |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Phocoeninae | subfamily | belongs to Holodontidae | stated without evidence | Brandt, 1874 | Phocoeninae | subfamily | belongs to Delphinidae | stated without evidence | Abel, 1905 | Phocoeninae | subfamily | belongs to Phocaenidae | stated without evidence | Fraser and Purves, 1960 | Phocoeninae | subfamily | belongs to Phocoenidae | implied | McKenna and Bell, 1997 | Phocoeninae | subfamily | belongs to Phocoenidae | stated without evidence | Fordyce and de Muizon, 2001 |
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Status (PBDB) | extant |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 |
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Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (100%) |
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First Recorded Appearance | 5.33 - 2.59 Ma Cenozoic |
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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 Phocoenidae) |
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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) | J. E. Gray. 1825. An outline of an attempt at the disposition of Mammalia into Tribes and Families, with a list of genera apparently appertaining to each Tribe. Annals of Philosophy, new series 10:337-344 |
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Gray J. E. An outline of an attempt at the disposition of Mammalia into Tribes and Families, with a list of genera apparently appertaining to each Tribe, Annals of Philosophy, new series 10, 337-344 |
Brandt J. F. Ergänzungen zu den Fossilen Cetaceen Europa's, Mémoires de L'Academie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg, VIIE Série 21 6, 1-54 |
Abel O. (1905) Les Odontocètes du Boldérien (Miocène Supérieur) D'Anvers, Mémoires du Musée royal D'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 3, 1-155 |
Fraser F. C., Purves P. E. (1960) Hearing in Cetaceans, Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 7 1, 1-140 |
Barnes L. G. (1984) Fossil odontocetes (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Almejas Formation, Isla Cedros, Mexico, PaleoBios 42, 1-46 |
Barnes L. G. (1985) Evolution, taxonomy and antitropical distributions of the porpoises (Phocoenidae, Mammalia), Marine Mammal Science 1 2, 149-165 |
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 |