Pontoporiidae is a family of toothed whales, containing the extant genus Pontoporia, and ten extinct genera.[1] Pontoporia contains the sole extant species, the La Plata dolphin, which is endemic to South America.

Pontoporiidae
Temporal range: Aquitanian–Recent
Stranded La Plata Dolphin, the only extant species in this family
La Plata Dolphin, Pontoporia blainvillei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Parvorder: Odontoceti
Superfamily: Inioidea
Family: Pontoporiidae
Gray, 1870
Genera

Auroracetus
Brachydelphis
Piscorhynchus
Pontistes
Pontoporia
Protophocaena
Samaydelphis
Scaldiporia
Stenasodelphis

References

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  1. ^ "Paleobiology Database PBDB".