Platanistoidea

Translingual

Etymology

Platanista +‎ -oidea

Proper noun

Platanistoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Cetacea – river dolphins of south Asia.

Hypernyms

(superfamily): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Cetacea - order; Neoceti - clade; Odontoceti - suborder; Platanistida - infraorder

Hyponyms

(superfamily): Platanistidae - sole extant family; †Allodelphinidae, †Dalpiazinidae, †Prosqualodontidae, †Squalodelphinidae, †Squalodontidae, †Waipatiidae - extinct families

Coordinate terms

(superfamily): Lipotoidea - superfamily in Platanistida

References

Platanistoidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Platanistoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Platanistidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Platanistoidea at Paleobiology Database

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