Delphinida

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Delphinida is a clade of cetaceans in the parvorder Odontoceti, the toothed whales. It includes all modern oceanic dolphins, porpoises, and their relatives, such as Lipotidae[2] and Iniidae.[3][1][4][5]

Short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis)
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Infraorder:Cetacea
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Delphinida
Temporal range: Oligocene to Recent[1]
A Commerson's dolphin
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Parvorder: Odontoceti
Clade: Delphinida
Muizon, 1984
Superfamilies

Delphinoidea
Inioidea
(?)Lipotoidea

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