Subfamily Monodontinae Miller 1923 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea - Monodontidae

Full reference: G. S. Miller. 1923. The telescoping of the cetacean skull. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 76(5):1-70

Parent taxon: Monodontidae according to R. Foekens 2008

See also Barnes 1984, Barnes et al. 1985, Bianucci and Landini 2007, Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott 1951, Fordyce and Barnes 1994, Fordyce et al. 1995, Fordyce and de Muizon 2001, Fraser and Purves 1960, Hay 1930, Kasuya 1973, McKenna and Bell 1997, Miller 1923 and Scheffer and Rice 1963

Sister taxa: Bohaskaia, Casatia, Delphinapterinae, Delphinapterus, Denebola, Haborodelphis, Monodon

Subtaxa: Monodontina

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Ecology: aquatic piscivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Monodontinae in the database

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