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Pontoporiidae
Taxonomy
Pontoporiidae was named by Gray (1870). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Gibson and Geisler (2009).
It was synonymized subjectively with Iniidae by Mead and Brownell (2005).
It was assigned to Delphinoidea by Gray (1871); to Odontocete by Scott (1873); to Delphinoidea by Gray (1870) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Platanistoidea by Kasuya (1973), Barnes (1984), Barnes et al. (1985), Barnes (1985), Cozzuol (1985), Vidal (1991) and Geisler and Sanders (2003); to Odontoceti by Carroll (1988), Benton (1993), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), Rice (1998), Bergqvist et al. (1999), Rice (2002) and Whitmore and Kaltenbach (2008); to Delphinida by Uhen et al. (2008) and Gibson and Geisler (2009); to Odontoceti by Canto et al. (2010); and to Inioidea by Muizon (1984), de Muizon (1988), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Gingerich (2005), Lambert and Post (2005), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Pyenson and Hoch (2007), Foekens (2008), Rice (2009), Cozzuol (2010), Bianucci et al. (2011), Geisler et al. (2011), Marx et al. (2016), Post et al. (2017), Berta (2017), Lambert et al. (2021) and Godfrey and Lambert (2023).
It was synonymized subjectively with Iniidae by Mead and Brownell (2005).
It was assigned to Delphinoidea by Gray (1871); to Odontocete by Scott (1873); to Delphinoidea by Gray (1870) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Platanistoidea by Kasuya (1973), Barnes (1984), Barnes et al. (1985), Barnes (1985), Cozzuol (1985), Vidal (1991) and Geisler and Sanders (2003); to Odontoceti by Carroll (1988), Benton (1993), Fordyce and Barnes (1994), Fordyce et al. (1995), Rice (1998), Bergqvist et al. (1999), Rice (2002) and Whitmore and Kaltenbach (2008); to Delphinida by Uhen et al. (2008) and Gibson and Geisler (2009); to Odontoceti by Canto et al. (2010); and to Inioidea by Muizon (1984), de Muizon (1988), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Gingerich (2005), Lambert and Post (2005), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Pyenson and Hoch (2007), Foekens (2008), Rice (2009), Cozzuol (2010), Bianucci et al. (2011), Geisler et al. (2011), Marx et al. (2016), Post et al. (2017), Berta (2017), Lambert et al. (2021) and Godfrey and Lambert (2023).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1870 | Pontoporiidae Gray p. 773 |
1871 | Pontoporiadae Gray p. 94 |
1873 | Pontoporiidae Scott p. 66 |
1908 | Stenodelphinae True p. 391 |
1915 | Stenodelphinae Rovereto p. 143 |
1973 | Pontoporiidae Kasuya p. 61 |
1984 | Pontoporiidae Barnes p. 6 |
1984 | Pontoporiidae Muizon p. 23 |
1985 | Pontoporiidae Barnes p. 29 |
1985 | Pontoporiidae Barnes et al. p. 25 |
1985 | Pontoporiidae Cozzuol p. 44 |
1988 | Pontoporiidae Carroll |
1988 | Pontoporiidae de Muizon p. 185 |
1991 | Pontoporiidae Vidal p. 5 |
1993 | Pontoporiidae Benton p. 762 |
1994 | Pontoporiidae Fordyce and Barnes p. 429 figs. Table 1 |
1995 | Pontoporiidae Fordyce et al. p. 380 |
1997 | Pontoporiidae McKenna and Bell p. 386 |
1998 | Pontoporiidae Rice |
1999 | Pontoporiidae Bergqvist et al. p. 31 |
2001 | Pontoporiidae Fordyce and de Muizon p. 178 |
2002 | Pontoporiidae Rice p. 231 figs. Table 1 |
2003 | Pontoporiidae Geisler and Sanders p. 28 |
2005 | Pontoporiidae Gingerich p. 237 figs. Table 15.1 |
2005 | Pontoporiidae Lambert and Post p. 8 |
2007 | Pontoporiidae Bianucci and Landini p. 46 figs. Table 2.1 |
2007 | Pontoporiidae Pyenson and Hoch p. 757 |
2008 | Pontoporiidae Foekens p. 7 figs. Table 1 |
2008 | Pontoporiidae Uhen et al. p. 586 |
2008 | Pontoporiidae Whitmore and Kaltenbach p. 217 |
2009 | Pontoporiidae Gibson and Geisler p. 966 |
2009 | Pontoporiidae Rice p. 235 figs. Table 1 |
2010 | Pontoporiidae Canto et al. p. 20 |
2010 | Pontoporiidae Cozzuol p. 201 |
2011 | Pontoporiidae Bianucci et al. p. 570 |
2011 | Pontoporiidae Geisler et al. p. 6 figs. Table 1 |
2016 | Pontoporiidae Marx et al. p. 133 |
2017 | Pontoporiidae Berta p. 164 |
2017 | Pontoporiidae Post et al. p. 5 |
2021 | Pontoporiidae Lambert et al. |
2023 | Pontoporiidae Godfrey and Lambert p. 156 |
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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. Pontoporiidae Gray 1870
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G. †Brachydelphis Muizon 1988
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†Brachydelphis jahuayensis Lambert and Muizon 2013
†Brachydelphis mazeasi Muizon 1988
G. †Pontistes Burmeister 1885
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†Pontistes rectifrons Bravard 1858
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Invalid names: Palaeopontoporia paranense Doering 1882 [synonym], Pontoporia paranensis Bravard 1859 [synonym]
Invalid names: Palaeopontoporia Doering 1882 [synonym]
G. Pontoporia Gray 1846
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Pontoporia blainvillei Gervais and d'Orbigny 1844
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Invalid names: Pontoporia tenuirostris Malm 1871 [synonym]
Invalid names: Stenodelphis d'Orbigny and Gervais 1847 [synonym]
Invalid names: Brachydelphininae Rice 1998 [empty], Lipotinae Barnes 1985 [empty], Pontoporiinae Gray 1870 [empty], Stenodelphinae True 1908 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available