- The
toothed whales (also
called odontocetes,
systematic name
Odontoceti) are a
parvorder of
cetaceans that
includes dolphins, porpoises, and all other...
-
There are
approximately 89
living species split into two parvorders:
Odontoceti or
toothed whales (containing porpoises, dolphins,
other predatory whales...
- that
postdate this
split (a
cladistic view). They are
members of the
Odontoceti, the
suborder containing all the
toothed whales and dolphins. Suggestions...
-
diverged from the
Delphinidae within the past 11
million years.
Suborder Odontoceti Superfamily Delphinoidea Family Monodontidae Genus †Haborodelphis Haborodelphis...
- The two
modern parvorders of
cetaceans –
Mysticeti (baleen whales) and
Odontoceti (toothed whales) – are
thought to have
separated from each
other around...
- date to the Miocene,
about 15
million years ago.
Order Cetacea Suborder Odontoceti:
toothed whales Family Ziphiidae Incertae sedis Genus †Anoplon****a Genus...
-
Delphinida is a
clade of
cetaceans in the
parvorder Odontoceti, the
toothed whales. It
includes all
modern oceanic dolphins, porpoises, and
their relatives...
- 2018 and the type
species is H. ****onicus. "First
monodontid cetacean (
Odontoceti, Delphinoidea) from the
early Pliocene of the north-western
Pacific Ocean"...
-
cetaceans The use of
Order Cetartiodactyla,
instead of
Cetacea with
Suborders Odontoceti and Mysticeti, is
favored by most
evolutionary mammalogists working with...
-
calves in the pod. In a 2024 study,
scientists concluded that 5
species of
Odontoceti evolved menopause to
acquire higher overall longevity.
Their reproductive...
