Pontoporiidae
Family of Cetaceans
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Pontoporiidae is a family of toothed whales containing the extant genus Pontoporia and ten extinct genera.[1] Pontoporia contains the family's sole extant species, the La Plata dolphin, which is endemic to southeastern South America.
| Pontoporiidae Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
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| La Plata Dolphin, Pontoporia blainvillei | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Parvorder: | Odontoceti |
| Superfamily: | Inioidea |
| Family: | Pontoporiidae Gray, 1870 |
| Genera | |
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†Auroracetus | |