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, Brandt 1874, Buchholtz and Schur 2004, Foekens 2008, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Fraser and Purves 1960, Gray 1868, Gray 1870, Gray 1871, 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, Eodelphinus, Globicephalinae, Hemisyntrachelus, Lagenorhynchina, Lagenorhynchus, Lissodelphininae, Monoceratina, Norisdelphis, Orcaellinae, Orcina, Orcinus, Pliodelphis, Pseudorcaina, Sotalia, Steninae, Steno, Steno cudmorei, Stenonina, Stenoninae, Trispondylus, Tursiops miocaenus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Orcininae in the database