Subfamily Orcininae Wagner 1846

Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Alternative spellings: Orcinae, Orcinae, Orcini

Synonyms: Orcadae Gray 1870, Orcadina Gray 1868

Full reference: J. A. Wagner. 1846. Die Ruderfusser und Fischzigthiere. Die Saugthiere in Abbildungen nach der natur mit Beschribungen von Johann Christian Daniel von Schrebe. Supplementband, Thiel I viii-428

Parent taxon: Delphinidae according to I. Agnarsson and L. J. May-Collado 2008

See also Barnes et al. 1985, Bianucci 2005, Bianucci and Landini 2007, Brandt 1873, Buchholtz and Schur 2004, Foekens 2008, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Fraser and Purves 1960, Gray 1868, Gray 1870, Kasuya 1973, LeDuc et al. 1999, McKenna and Bell 1997, Mead and Brownell 2005, Perrin et al. 2013, Post and Kompanje 2010, Rice 1998 and Wagner 1846

Sister taxa: Arimidelphis, Australodelphis, Catodontina, Delphininae, Delphinus malayanus, Eodelphinus, Globicephalinae, Hemisyntrachelus, Lagenorhynchina, Lagenorhynchus, Lissodelphininae, Monoceratina, Norisdelphis, Orcaellinae, Orcina, Orcinus, Pliodelphis, Sotalia, Steninae, Steno, Steno cudmorei, Stenonina, Stenoninae, Trispondylus, Tursiops miocaenus

Subtaxa: none

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Orcininae in the database

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