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Taxon: Family Pontoporiidae Gray, 1870 - Franciscana, La Plata dolphin (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Cetartiodactyla

Original position

Questionably Delphinoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821

Original entries

Questionably Brachydelphis (Genus) de Muizon, 1988
Questionably Parapontoporiinae (Subfamily) Barnes, 1984
Questionably Piscorhynchus (Genus) Pilleri & Siber, 1989

Subsequent entries

Pontoporiinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1870

Current position

Inioidea (Superfamily) de Muizon, 1988 Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27); Marx et al., 2016: fig. 4.37.

Alternative positions

Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762 Ref: [Anonymous], 1995
Delphinoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 386.
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867 Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 60.
Platanistoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1846

Historical positions

Inioidea (Superfamily) de Muizon, 1988 Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 27).
Inioidea (Superfamily) de Muizon, 1988 Ref: F.G. Marx et al., 2016: fig. 4.37.
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867 Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 60.
Delphinoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 386.
Cetacea (Order) Brisson, 1762 Ref: 1995
Odontoceti (Suborder) Flower, 1867 Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 643.

Number of Subtaxa

2025 Available in Systema Naturae 2000 1g;1s; †7g;2s
1989-present Systema Naturae 2000: 16 Jul 2022 [1g;1s; †7g]
2016 F.G. Marx et al.: 133 [1g]; †6g
2011 D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 60 1g;1s
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [1g; †5g]
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