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
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 containing the extant genus Pontoporia and ten extinct genera. Pontoporia contains the family's sole extant species, the La Plata dolphin, which is endemic to southeastern South America.

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