IRMNG - Pontoporiidae Gray, 1870

IRMNG taxon details

Pontoporiidae Gray, 1870

IRMNG_ID

102428 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:102428)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Cetacea

Direct children (10)

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Genus Parapontoporia Barnes, 1984 †
Genus Piscorhynchus Pilleri & Siber, 1989 †
Genus Pliopontos de Muizon, 1983 †
Genus Pontistes Burmeister, 1885 †
Genus Pontoporia Gray, 1846
Genus Protophocaena Abel, 1905 †
Genus Scaldiporia Post, Louwye & Lambert, 2017 †
Genus Stenodelphis d'Orbigny & Gervais, 1847 accepted as Pontoporia Gray, 1846 (synonym)
Genus Pontivaga Ameghino, 1891 † accepted as Pontistes Burmeister, 1885 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Palaeopontoporia Doering, 1882 † accepted as Pontistes Burmeister, 1885 † (unaccepted > nomen oblitum)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Included within Iniidae (as per type genus) in Wilson & Reeder, 2005, but as accepted family in McKenna & Bell, 1997 and...

Taxonomic remark Included within Iniidae (as per type genus) in Wilson & Reeder, 2005, but as accepted family in McKenna & Bell, 1997 and Ruggiero, 2014. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2022). Pontoporiidae Gray, 1870. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=102428 on 2024-04-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-19 22:00:00Z

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Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

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Rees, Tony

2016-10-12 06:56:42Z

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2022-04-30 19:00:02Z

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Rees, Tony

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basis of record Brands, S. J. (compiler). (1989-2005). Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Originally available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/; for current information, refer http://taxonomicon.taxonomy.nl/ProjectDescription.aspx . [details]

taxonomy source Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp. [details]

current name source Ruggiero, M. A. (2014). Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15, (4/26/14). Expert Solutions International, LLC, Reston, VA. 420 pp. [details]

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]

habitat flag source web search (AJR) [details]

From other sources

Descriptive info La Plata Dolphin and extinct allies, habitat estuaries and the ocean. Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): MF; stratigraphic range: Miocene (Upper Miocene)-Holocene (?Recent) [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

Taxonomic remark Included within Iniidae (as per type genus) in Wilson & Reeder, 2005, but as accepted family in McKenna & Bell, 1997 and Ruggiero, 2014. [details]

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