Superfamily Monodontoidea Fraser and Purves 1960 (toothed whale)

Mammalia - Cetacea

Full reference: F. C. Fraser and P. E. Purves. 1960. Hearing in Cetaceans. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 7(1):1-140

Parent taxon: Odontoceti according to F. C. Fraser and P. E. Purves 1960

Sister taxa: Acrodelphinidae, Agorophioidea, Agriocetus, Amblyoccipita, Argyrocetus, Ashleycetidae, Atropatenocetus, Aureia, Balaenodon, Belosphys, Berardiopsis, Caolodelphis, Cetophis, Champsodelphis, Champsodelphis italicus, Chilcacetus, Colophonodon, Delphinapterus orcinus, Delphinida, Delphinoceti, Delphinodon mento, Delphinopsis, Delphinorhynchus, Delphinus domeykoi, Delphinus restitutensis, Delphinus vanzelleri, Dinoziphius, Ediscetus, Enigmatocetus, Eurhinodelphinida, Eurhinodelphinidae, Eurhinodelphis minoensis, Eurhinodelphis sassariensis, Graamocetus, Graphiodon, Helvicetus, Helvicetus rugosus, Hesperocetus, Hesperoinia, Homaeocetus, Homocetus villersii, Hyperoodontoidea, Inticetidae, Ixacanthus, Kharthlidelphis, Lonchodelphis, Macrochirifer, Macrodelphinus, Mesoplodontidae, Microcetus, Miokogia, Miotursiops, Mirocetidae, Nannolithax, Neosqualodon, Oedolithax, Oligodelphis, Oligosqualodon, Palaeoziphius, Pandelphinida, Panphyseteroidea, Parapontoporiidae, Parasqualodon, Patriocetidae, Pelodelphis, Phoberodon, Phoca debilis, Phoca rugosidens, Phococetus, Physeteroidea, Physetodon, Platanidelphidi, Platanistida, Platanistoidea, Platydelphis, Pontivaga, Priscodelphinus, Priscodelphinus teres, Priscophyseter, Priscophyseter typus, Proinia, Prolipotes, Prophyseter, Prosqualodon, Prosqualodon hamiltoni, Proterocetus, Rhabdosteoidea, Rhabdosteus, Rhabodosteus, Romaleodelphis, Sachalinocetus, Saurocetus, Saurocetus gibbesii, Scaptodon, Scaptodon lodderi, Squaloceti, Squalodelphis pusillus, Squalodon (Microzeuglodon) wingei, Squalodon crassus, Squalodon imperator, Squalodon linzianus, Squalodon molassicus, Squalodon pelagius, Squalodon vocontiorum, Squalodon wymanii, Squalodontidae, Squalodontoidea, Stereodelphis, Sulakocetus, Synrhina, Tretosphys, Tretosphys uraeus, Uncamentodon, Xenorophidae, Zignodelphinidae, Ziphioidea, Susuoidea, Susoidea

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: aquatic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Monodontoidea in the database

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