Platanistoidea
Appearance
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Platanista + -oidea
Proper noun
[edit]Platanistoidea
- A taxonomic superfamily within the order Artiodactyla – river dolphins of south Asia.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (superfamily): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Artiodactyla – order; Cetacea – infraorder; Neoceti – clade; Odontoceti – parvorder; Delphinidae – family; Platanistida – infraorder
Hyponyms
[edit]- (superfamily): Platanistidae – sole extant family; †Allodelphinidae, †Dalpiazinidae, †Prosqualodontidae, †Squalodelphinidae, †Squalodontidae, †Waipatiidae – extinct families
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (superfamily): Lipotoidea – superfamily in Platanistida
References
[edit]Platanistoidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Platanistoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Platanistidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Platanistoidea at Paleobiology Database