Platanistoidea
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Translingual
Etymology
Platanista + -oidea
Proper noun
Platanistoidea
- A taxonomic superfamily within the order Cetacea – river dolphins of south Asia.
Hypernyms
- (superfamily): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Artiodactyla – order; Cetacea - infraorder; Neoceti - clade; Odontoceti - parvorder; Delphinidae - family; Platanistida - infraorder
Hyponyms
- (superfamily): Platanistidae - sole extant family; †Allodelphinidae, †Dalpiazinidae, †Prosqualodontidae, †Squalodelphinidae, †Squalodontidae, †Waipatiidae - extinct families
Coordinate terms
- (superfamily): Lipotoidea - superfamily in Platanistida
References
Platanistoidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Platanistoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Platanistidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Platanistoidea at Paleobiology Database
