Delphinida

Delphinida
Temporal range: Oligocene to Recent
A Commerson's dolphin
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Parvorder: Odontoceti
Clade: Delphinida
Muizon, 1984
Type species
Delphinus delphis
Superfamilies

Delphinoidea
Inioidea
Lipotoidea

Delphinida is a clade of cetaceans in the parvorder Odontoceti, the toothed whales. It includes all modern oceanic dolphins, porpoises, and their relatives, such as Lipotidae and Iniidae.

Short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis)



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