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Taxon: Superfamily Delphinoidea Gray, 1821 (mammal)
Classification by:

Mammalia Linnaeus 1758 [Rowe 1988], nom. cl. inval. see Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758
   Cetartiodactyla Montgelard, Catzeflis & Douzery 1997 see Order Cetartiodactyla Montgelard, Catzeflis & Douzery, 1997
     Whippomorpha Waddell, Okada & Hasegawa 1999 see Suborder Whippomorpha
       Cetacea Brisson 1762 see Suborder Cetacea Brisson, 1762
         Pelagiceti Uhen, 2008
           Neoceti Fordyce & de Muizon, 2001
             Odontoceti Flower, 1867 see Parvorder Odontoceti Flower, 1867
               Synrhina Geisler et al., 2011
                 Delphinida de Muizon, 1984
                   Superfamily Delphinoidea Gray, 1821
                     1 Subfamily †Lophocetinae Barnes, 1978
                     2.1 Family †Albireonidae Barnes, 1984 [monotypic]
                     2.2.1? Subfamily †Pithanodelphininae Barnes, 1985
                     2.2.2.1 Family Delphinidae Gray, 1821 - oceanic dolphins
                     2.2.2.2.1 Family Phocoenidae Gray, 1825 - porpoises
                     2.2.2.2.2.1 Family Monodontidae Gray, 1821 - white whales
                     2.2.2.2.2.2 Family †Odobenocetopsidae de Muizon, 1993 [monotypic]

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