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Phocoenidae (porpoise)
Taxonomy
Phocaenina was named by Gray (1825). It is extant.
It was reranked as the family Phocaenidae by Abel (1914), Van Deinse (1931), Slijper (1936), Simpson (1945), Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott (1951), Barnes (1985), de Muizon (1988), Carroll (1988), Benton (1993), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Ichishima and Kimura (2000); it was corrected as Phocaenini by Zittel (1925); it was reranked as the family Phocoenidae by Kasuya (1973), Gaskin et al. (1974), Brownell (1975), Brownell (1983), Brownell and Praderi (1984), Muizon (1984), Barnes et al. (1985), Vidal (1991), Nowak (1991), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), Rice (1998), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Rice (2002), Geisler and Sanders (2003), Gingerich (2005), Mead and Brownell (2005), Ichishima and Kimura (2005), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Foekens (2008), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Uhen et al. (2008), Rice (2009), Ichishima and Kimura (2009), Canto et al. (2010), Geisler et al. (2011), Murakami et al. (2012), Murakami et al. (2012), Murakami et al. (2015), Tanaka and Ichishima (2016), Marx et al. (2016), Berta (2017) and Benites-Palomino et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Delphinidae by Gray (1825), Gray (1864), Gray (1868) and Zittel (1925); to Delphinoceti by Abel (1914) and Van Deinse (1931); to Odontoceti by Slijper (1936); to Cetacea by Nowak (1991); to Odontoceti by Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott (1951), Carroll (1988), Benton (1993), Rice (1998), Geisler and Sanders (2003) and Mead and Brownell (2005); to Monodontoidae by Geisler et al. (2011) and Berta (2017); and to Delphinoidea by Simpson (1945), Kasuya (1973), Gaskin et al. (1974), Brownell (1975), Brownell (1983), Brownell and Praderi (1984), Muizon (1984), Barnes et al. (1985), Barnes (1985), de Muizon (1988), Vidal (1991), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997), Ichishima and Kimura (2000), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Rice (2002), Gingerich (2005), Ichishima and Kimura (2005), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Foekens (2008), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Uhen et al. (2008), Rice (2009), Ichishima and Kimura (2009), Canto et al. (2010), Murakami et al. (2012), Murakami et al. (2012), Murakami et al. (2015), Tanaka and Ichishima (2016), Marx et al. (2016) and Benites-Palomino et al. (2023).
It was reranked as the family Phocaenidae by Abel (1914), Van Deinse (1931), Slijper (1936), Simpson (1945), Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott (1951), Barnes (1985), de Muizon (1988), Carroll (1988), Benton (1993), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Ichishima and Kimura (2000); it was corrected as Phocaenini by Zittel (1925); it was reranked as the family Phocoenidae by Kasuya (1973), Gaskin et al. (1974), Brownell (1975), Brownell (1983), Brownell and Praderi (1984), Muizon (1984), Barnes et al. (1985), Vidal (1991), Nowak (1991), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), Rice (1998), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Rice (2002), Geisler and Sanders (2003), Gingerich (2005), Mead and Brownell (2005), Ichishima and Kimura (2005), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Foekens (2008), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Uhen et al. (2008), Rice (2009), Ichishima and Kimura (2009), Canto et al. (2010), Geisler et al. (2011), Murakami et al. (2012), Murakami et al. (2012), Murakami et al. (2015), Tanaka and Ichishima (2016), Marx et al. (2016), Berta (2017) and Benites-Palomino et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Delphinidae by Gray (1825), Gray (1864), Gray (1868) and Zittel (1925); to Delphinoceti by Abel (1914) and Van Deinse (1931); to Odontoceti by Slijper (1936); to Cetacea by Nowak (1991); to Odontoceti by Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott (1951), Carroll (1988), Benton (1993), Rice (1998), Geisler and Sanders (2003) and Mead and Brownell (2005); to Monodontoidae by Geisler et al. (2011) and Berta (2017); and to Delphinoidea by Simpson (1945), Kasuya (1973), Gaskin et al. (1974), Brownell (1975), Brownell (1983), Brownell and Praderi (1984), Muizon (1984), Barnes et al. (1985), Barnes (1985), de Muizon (1988), Vidal (1991), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997), Ichishima and Kimura (2000), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Rice (2002), Gingerich (2005), Ichishima and Kimura (2005), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Foekens (2008), Agnarsson and May-Collado (2008), Uhen et al. (2008), Rice (2009), Ichishima and Kimura (2009), Canto et al. (2010), Murakami et al. (2012), Murakami et al. (2012), Murakami et al. (2015), Tanaka and Ichishima (2016), Marx et al. (2016) and Benites-Palomino et al. (2023).
Subtaxa
Archaeophocaena, Australithax, Brabocetus, Haborophocoena, Lomacetus, Loxolithax, Miophocaena, Neophocaena (syn. Meomeris, Neomeris), Numataphocoena, Phocoena (syn. Australophocoena, Acanthodelphis), Phocoeninae, Phocoenoides, Phocoenoidinae, Piscolithax, Pterophocaena, Salumiphocaena, Semirostrum, Septemtriocetus
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1825 | Phocaenina Gray p. 340 |
| 1864 | Phocaenina Gray p. 244 |
| 1868 | Phocaenina Gray p. 8 |
| 1914 | Phocaenidae Abel p. 221 |
| 1925 | Phocaenini Zittel p. 87 |
| 1931 | Phocaenidae Van Deinse p. 33 |
| 1936 | Phocaenidae Slijper p. 556 |
| 1945 | Phocaenidae Simpson p. 104 |
| 1951 | Phocaenidae Ellerman and Morrisson-Scott p. 728 |
| 1973 | Phocoenidae Kasuya p. 61 |
| 1974 | Phocoenidae Gaskin et al. p. 1 |
| 1975 | Phocoenidae Brownell p. 1 |
| 1983 | Phocoenidae Brownell |
| 1984 | Phocoenidae Brownell and Praderi p. 1 |
| 1984 | Phocoenidae Muizon p. 79 |
| 1985 | Phocaenidae Barnes p. 161 |
| 1985 | Phocoenidae Barnes et al. p. 25 |
| 1988 | Phocaenidae Carroll |
| 1988 | Phocaenidae de Muizon p. 189 |
| 1991 | Phocoenidae Nowak |
| 1991 | Phocoenidae Vidal p. 5 |
| 1993 | Phocaenidae Benton p. 762 |
| 1994 | Phocoenidae Fordyce and Barnes p. 429 figs. Table 1 |
| 1995 | Phocoenidae Fordyce et al. p. 340 |
| 1997 | Phocaenidae McKenna and Bell p. 390 |
| 1998 | Phocoenidae Rice p. 121 |
| 2000 | Phocaenidae Ichishima and Kimura p. 561 |
| 2001 | Phocoenidae Fordyce and de Muizon p. 179 |
| 2002 | Phocoenidae Rice p. 231 figs. Table 1 |
| 2003 | Phocoenidae Geisler and Sanders p. 28 |
| 2005 | Phocoenidae Gingerich p. 237 figs. Table 15.1 |
| 2005 | Phocoenidae Ichishima and Kimura p. 655 |
| 2005 | Phocoenidae Mead and Brownell p. 735 |
| 2007 | Phocoenidae Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1 |
| 2008 | Phocoenidae Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 4.3 |
| 2008 | Phocoenidae Foekens p. 7 figs. Table 1 |
| 2008 | Phocoenidae Uhen et al. p. 591 |
| 2009 | Phocoenidae Ichishima and Kimura p. 857 |
| 2009 | Phocoenidae Rice p. 235 figs. Table 1 |
| 2010 | Phocoenidae Canto et al. p. 20 |
| 2011 | Phocoenidae Geisler et al. p. 29 figs. Figure 5 |
| 2012 | Phocoenidae Murakami et al. p. 1158 figs. Figure 8 |
| 2015 | Phocoenidae Murakami et al. p. 99 |
| 2016 | Phocoenidae Marx et al. p. 137 |
| 2016 | Phocoenidae Tanaka and Ichishima p. 2 |
| 2017 | Phocoenidae Berta p. 164 |
| 2023 | Phocoenidae Benites-Palomino et al. p. 3 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Phocoenidae Gray 1825 [porpoise]
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G. †Haborophocoena Ichishima and Kimura 2005
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†Haborophocoena minutus Ichishima and Kimura 2009
†Haborophocoena toyoshimai Ichishima and Kimura 2005
G. Neophocaena Palmer 1899
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Neophocaena asiaeorientalis Pilleri and Gihr 1972
Neophocaena phocaenoides Cuvier 1829 [finless porpoise]
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Invalid names: Delphinapterus molagan Owen 1866 [synonym], Delphinus melas Temminck 1841 [synonym], Neomeris kurrachiensis Murray 1884 [synonym]
Neophocaena phocaenoides phocaenoides Cuvier 1829
Neophocaena sunameri Piller and Gihr 1975
Invalid names: Meomeris Gray 1847 [synonym], Neomeris Gray 1846 [synonym]
G. Phocoena Cuvier 1816
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Phocoena dioptrica Lahille 1912 [spectacled porpoise]
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Invalid names: Phocaena stornii Marelli 1922 [synonym]
Phocoena phocoena Linnaeus 1758 [harbor porpoise]
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Delphinus phocaena albus Kerr 1792
Invalid names: Delphinus ventricosus Lacépède 1804 [synonym], Phocaena americana Allen 1869 [synonym], Phocaena brachycium Cope 1865 [synonym], Phocaena communis Cuvier 1817 [synonym], Phocaena fuscus Kerr 1792 [synonym], Phocaena lineata Cope 1876 [synonym], Phocaena relicta Abel 1905 [synonym], Phocaena tuberculifera Gray 1865 [synonym], Phocaena vomerina Gill 1865 [synonym], Phocoena rondeletii Giglioli 1879 [synonym]
Phocoena sinus Norris and McFarland 1958 [Gulf of California Harbor Porpoise]
Invalid names: Acanthodelphis Gray 1866 [synonym], Australophocoena Barnes 1985 [synonym]
Subfm. Phocoeninae Gray 1825
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Invalid names: Colobodontes Brandt 1874 [empty], Leucodelphini Brandt 1873 [empty]
G. Phocoenoides Andrews 1911
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Phocoenoides dalli True 1885 [Dall's porpoise]
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Invalid names: Phocoenoides truei Andrews 1911 [synonym]
G. †Piscolithax Muizon 1983
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†Piscolithax boreios Barnes 1984
†Piscolithax longirostris Muizon 1983
†Piscolithax tedfordi Barnes 1984
Invalid names: Phocoenoidinae Barnes 1984 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available