Alternative spelling: Delphina
Full reference: C. Muizon. 1984. Les vertebres fossiles de la Formation Pisco (Perou) II: Les Odontocetes (Cetacea, Mammalia) du Pliocene inferieur de Sud-Sacaco. Institut Francais d'Etudes Andines Editions Recherche sur les Civilizations Memoire 50:1-188
Parent taxon: Odontoceti according to T. Kimura and Y. Hasegawa 2024
See also Agnarsson and May-Collado 2008, Belluzzo and Lambert 2021, Berta 2017, Bianucci et al. 2011, Boessenecker and Geisler 2023, Boessenecker and Poust 2015, de Muizon 1988, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Geisler et al. 2011, Gibson and Geisler 2009, Godfrey and Lambert 2023, Ichishima et al. 2019, Kazár et al. 2004, Lambert et al. 2018, Lambert et al. 2017, Marx et al. 2016, May-Collado et al. 2007, Peredo et al. 2018, Pyenson et al. 2015, Uhen et al. 2008 and Valerio and Laurito 2012
Sister taxa: Acrodelphinidae, Agorophioidea, Agriocetus, Amblyoccipita, Argyrocetus, Ashleycetidae, Atropatenocetus, Aureia, Balaenodon, Belosphys, Berardiopsis, Caolodelphis, Cetophis, Champsodelphis, Chilcacetus, Colophonodon, Delphinapterus orcinus, Delphinoceti, Delphinodon mento, Delphinopsis, Delphinorhynchus, Delphinus domeykoi, Delphinus restitutensis, Delphinus vanzelleri, Dinoziphius, Ediscetus, Enigmatocetus, Eurhinodelphinida, Eurhinodelphinidae, Eurhinodelphis minoensis, Eurhinodelphis sassariensis, Graamocetus, Graphiodon, Helvicetus, Helvicetus rugosus, Hesperocetus, Hesperoinia, Homaeocetus, Homocetus villersii, Hyperoodontoidea, Inticetidae, Ixacanthus, Kharthlidelphis, Lonchodelphis, Macrochirifer, Macrodelphinus, Microcetus, Miokogia, Miotursiops, Mirocetidae, Monodontoidea, Nannolithax, Neosqualodon, Nihohae, Oedolithax, Oligodelphis, Oligosqualodon, Palaeoziphius, Pandelphinida, Panphyseteroidea, Parapontoporiidae, Parasqualodon, Patriocetidae, Pelodelphis, Phoberodon, Phoca debilis, Phoca rugosidens, Phococetus, Physeteroidea, Physetodon, Platanidelphidi, Platanistida, Platanistoidea, Platydelphis, Pontivaga, Priscodelphinus, Priscodelphinus teres, Priscophyseter, Prolipotes, Prophyseter, Prosqualodon, Proterocetus, Rhabdosteoidea, Rhabdosteus, Rhabodosteus, Sachalinocetus, Saurocetus, Saurocetus gibbesii, Scaptodon, Scaptodon lodderi, Squaloceti, Squalodelphis pusillus, Squalodon (Microzeuglodon) wingei, Squalodon crassus, Squalodon kelloggi, Squalodon pelagius, Squalodon wymanii, Squalodontoidea, Stereodelphis, Sulakocetus, Synrhina, Tretosphys, Tretosphys uraeus, Uncamentodon, Xenorophidae, Zignodelphinidae, Ziphioidea, Susoidea
Subtaxa: Anacharsis Atocetus Brevirostrodelphis Cammackacetus Delphinavus Delphinoidea Hadrodelphis Herbeinodelphis Inioidea Kentriodontidae Kentriodontoidea Liolithax Lipotidae Lipotoidea Macrokentriodon Miminiacetus Miodelphis Monodontoidae Pictodelphis Pithanodelphis Platylithax Tagicetus Westmorelandelphis
Ecology: aquatic carnivore