Delphinoidea Explained

Delphinoidea is the largest group of toothed whales, including 66 genera in 6 families. The largest living member of the superfamily is the killer whale, which can reach 6 tons, while the smallest is the vaquita.

Taxonomy

Based on McGowen et al., 2019^[1]

Superfamily Delphinoidea

Family †Albireonidae

Genus Albireo

Family Delphinidae

Subfamily Delphininae

Genus Delphinus

Genus Lagenodelphis

Genus Sotalia

Genus Sousa

Genus Stenella

Genus Tursiops

Subfamily Globicephalinae

Genus †Astadelphis

Genus Feresa

Genus Globicephala

Genus Grampus

Genus Orcaella

Genus Peponocephala

Genus Pseudorca

Genus Steno

Subfamily Lissodelphininae

Genus Cephalorhynchus

Genus Lissodelphis

Subfamily Orcininae

Genus †Arimidelphis

Genus †Eodelphinus

Genus †Hemisyntrachelus

Genus Orcinus

Subfamily incertae sedis

Genus †Australodelphis

Genus †Etruridelphis

Genus Lagenorhynchus

Genus †Sinanodelphis

Family †Kentriodontidae

Subfamily Kentriodontinae

Genus Belonodelphis

Genus Delphinodon

Genus Heterodelphis

Genus Incacetus?

Genus Kentriodon

Genus Lamprolithax

Genus Loxolithax

Genus Macrokentriodon

Genus Microphocaena

Genus Rudicetus

Genus Tagicetus

Subfamily Lophocetinae

Genus Hadrodelphis

Genus Liolithax

Genus Lophocetus

Genus Platyvercus^[2]

Subfamily Pithanodelphininae?

Genus Atocetus?

Genus Leptodelphis?

Genus Pithanodelphis?

Genus Sarmatodelphis?

Genus Sophianacetus?

Subfamily Kampholophinae?

Genus Kampholophos?

Family Monodontidae

Subfamily Delphinapterinae

Genus †Bohaskaia

Genus Delphinapterus

Genus † Denebola

Subfamily Monodontinae

Genus Monodon

Family † Odobenocetopsidae

Genus Odobenocetops

Family Phocoenidae

Genus †Archaeophocaena

Genus †Australithax

Genus †Brabocetus

Genus †Haborophocoena

Genus †Lomacetus

Genus †Miophocaena

Genus Neophocaena

Genus †Numataphocoena

Genus Phocoena

Genus Phocoenoides

Genus †Piscolithax

Genus †Pterophocaena

Genus †Salumiphocaena

Genus †Semirostrum

Genus †Septemtriocetus

Familia incertae sedis

Genus †Graamocetus

Genus †Miodelphis

Genus †Nannolithax

Genus †Oedolithax

Genus †Palaeophocaena

Genus †Platylithax

Genus †Protodelphinus

Notes and References

1. McGowen. Michael R. Tsagkogeorga. Georgia. Álvarez-Carretero. Sandra. dos Reis. Mario. Struebig. Monika. Deaville. Robert. Jepson. Paul D. Jarman. Simon. Polanowski. Andrea. Morin. Phillip A. Rossiter. Stephen J. 2019-10-21. Phylogenomic Resolution of the Cetacean Tree of Life Using Target Sequence Capture. Systematic Biology. 69. 3. 479–501. 10.1093/sysbio/syz068. 1063-5157. 7164366. 31633766.
2. Guo . Z. . Kohno . N. . February 2023 . An Early Miocene kentriodontoid (Cetacea: Odontoceti) from the western North Pacific, and its implications for their phylogeny and paleobiogeography . PLOS ONE . 18 . 2 . e0280218 . 10.1371/journal.pone.0280218 . 36791148 . 2023PLoSO..1880218G . free . 9931143 .