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Orcaellinae (disused)
Taxonomy
Orcellidae was named by Nishiwaki (1963). It is extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Delphinidae by Rice (1998); it was reranked as the subfamily Orcaellinae by Kasuya (1973), Barnes (1984), Barnes et al. (1985), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Bianucci and Landini (2007).
It was assigned to Delphinapteridae by Kasuya (1973); to Monodontidae by Barnes (1984), Barnes et al. (1985), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Delphinidae by Bianucci and Landini (2007).
It was synonymized subjectively with Delphinidae by Rice (1998); it was reranked as the subfamily Orcaellinae by Kasuya (1973), Barnes (1984), Barnes et al. (1985), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Bianucci and Landini (2007).
It was assigned to Delphinapteridae by Kasuya (1973); to Monodontidae by Barnes (1984), Barnes et al. (1985), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Delphinidae by Bianucci and Landini (2007).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1973 | Orcaellinae Kasuya p. 61 |
| 1984 | Orcaellinae Barnes p. 13 |
| 1985 | Orcaellinae Barnes et al. p. 25 |
| 1994 | Orcaellinae Fordyce and Barnes p. 429 figs. Table 1 |
| 1995 | Orcaellinae Fordyce et al. p. 379 |
| 1997 | Orcaellinae McKenna and Bell p. 389 |
| 2007 | Orcaellinae Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1 |
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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.
Subfm. Orcaellinae Nishiwaki 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available