Pontoporiidae

Pontoporiidae Temporal range: Aquitanian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
La Plata Dolphin, Pontoporia blainvillei
Scientific 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

Pontoporiidae is a family of toothed whales in the 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.

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