Platanistoidea

== Translingual == === Etymology === Platanista +‎ -oidea === Proper noun === Platanistoidea A taxonomic superfamily within the order Artiodactyla – 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”, in Paleobiology Database, 2026