Orcinus

Orcinus
Temporal range: Pliocene-Holocene (possible Miocene record)[1]
The killer whale (O. orca) is the only extant member of the genus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Infraorder:Cetacea
Family:Delphinidae
Genus:Orcinus
Fitzinger, 1860[2]
Species
Synonyms[3]

Orcinus is a genus of oceanic dolphin comprising four species: O. paleorca, O. citoniensis, O. meyeri, and O. orca, of which only one (O. orca, i.e. the killer whale) is extant.[3]

Orcinus size chart

References

  1. ↑ "Paleontological database".
  2. ↑ "Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  3. 1 2 Orcinus at fossilworks.org (retrieved 29 August 2017)


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