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Pontoporiinae (disused)
Taxonomy
Pontoporiinae was named by Gray (1870) [Originally described as the family Pontoporiidae Gray 1870.]. It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Gibson and Geisler (2009).
It was assigned to Delphinidae by Gill (1872) and Gill (1873); to Platanistidae by Gill (1871) and Scheffer and Rice (1963); and to Pontoporiidae by Kasuya (1973), Barnes (1984), Barnes et al. (1985), Barnes (1985), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997), Bergqvist et al. (1999), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Foekens (2008) and Gibson and Geisler (2009).
It was assigned to Delphinidae by Gill (1872) and Gill (1873); to Platanistidae by Gill (1871) and Scheffer and Rice (1963); and to Pontoporiidae by Kasuya (1973), Barnes (1984), Barnes et al. (1985), Barnes (1985), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997), Bergqvist et al. (1999), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Foekens (2008) and Gibson and Geisler (2009).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1870 | Pontoporiinae Gray p. 773 |
| 1871 | Pontoporiinae Gill p. 123 |
| 1872 | Pontoporiinae Gill p. 95 |
| 1873 | Pontoporiinae Gill p. 27 |
| 1963 | Pontoporiinae Scheffer and Rice p. 5 |
| 1973 | Pontoporiinae Kasuya p. 61 |
| 1984 | Pontoporiinae Barnes p. 6 |
| 1985 | Pontoporiinae Barnes p. 29 |
| 1985 | Pontoporiinae Barnes et al. p. 25 |
| 1994 | Pontoporiinae Fordyce and Barnes p. 429 figs. Table 1 |
| 1995 | Pontoporiinae Fordyce et al. p. 380 |
| 1997 | Pontoporiinae McKenna and Bell p. 386 |
| 1999 | Pontoporiinae Bergqvist et al. p. 31 |
| 2001 | Pontoporiinae Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179 |
| 2007 | Pontoporiinae Bianucci and Landini p. 46 figs. Table 2.1 |
| 2008 | Pontoporiinae Foekens p. 7 figs. Table 1 |
| 2009 | Pontoporiinae Gibson and Geisler |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Subfm. Pontoporiinae Gray 1870
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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