Definition of Delphinoid. Meaning of Delphinoid. Synonyms of Delphinoid

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Definition of Delphinoid

Delphinoid
Delphinoid Del"phi*noid, a. [L. delphinus a dolphin + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the dolphin.

Meaning of Delphinoid from wikipedia

- Delphinoidea is the largest group of toothed whales with 66 genera in 6 families. The largest living member of the superfamily is the killer whale, which...
- decline towards the Middle Miocene when sperm whales, beaked whales and delphinoids began to emerge. Toothed whales are known to have transitioned from marine...
- five neural spines projecting anterodorsally. This is also seen in some delphinoid whales, where it corresponds to the base of a dorsal fin. Also like cetaceans...
- rectifrons A pontoporiid. Prionodelphis P. rovereti A single tooth. A dubious delphinoid, other specimens once referred to this taxon are now thought to represent...
- Portheus patagonicus in 1901, however this fossil was ****igned to a delphinoid cetacean of the family Kentriodontidae by Cione and Cozzuol in 1990. Fish...
- Ketten, D. R. (2002). "(Odobenocetops peruvi****), the walrus-convergent delphinoid (mammalia: cetacea) from the early pliocene of Peru". Smithsonian Contributions...
- Homiphoca, H. capensis, was originally described as a species of the dubious delphinoid Prionodelphis, P. capensis. Later analysis in 1980 showed that P. capensis...
- A review of Lophocetus and Liolithax and their relationships to the delphinoid family Kentriodontidae (Cetacea: Odontoceti). Bulletin of the Natural...
- modern-day Dall's porpoise, and it may have competed with contemporaneous delphinoids. Its remains were found in the Poul Cr**** Formation, which has also yielded...
- kentriodontid delphinoid, a species of Kentriodon. Kentriodon hoepfneri Sp. nov Valid Kazár & Hampe Middle or Late Miocene  Germany A kentriodontid delphinoid, a...