Mammalia - Cetacea - Parapontoporiidae
Alternative spelling: Parapontoporiinae
Full reference: L. G. Barnes. 1984. Fossil odontocetes (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Almejas Formation, Isla Cedros, Mexico. PaleoBios 42:1-46
Parent taxon: Odontoceti according to M. A. Cozzuol 2010
See also Barnes 1984, Barnes et al. 1985, Fordyce and Barnes 1994, Fordyce et al. 1995, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Vidal 1991
Sister taxa: Acrodelphinidae, Agorophioidea, Agriocetus, Amblyoccipita, Argyrocetus, Ashleycetidae, Atropatenocetus, Aureia, Balaenodon, Belosphys, Berardiopsis, Caolodelphis, Cetophis, Champsodelphis, Chilcacetus, Colophonodon, Delphinapterus orcinus, Delphinida, 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, 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: none
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Parapontoporiidae in the database