Name - Monodontidae

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:252903 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Monodontidae Gray 1821

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Family

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• A Comparison of Fossils of the Two Whale Families: Physeteridae and Monodentidae (Cetacea).
• Positive selection in coding regions and motif duplication in regulatory regions of bottlenose dolphin MHC class II genes.
• FIRST MONODONTID CETACEAN (ODONTOCETI, DELPHINOIDEA) FROM THE EARLY PLIOCENE OF THE NORTH-WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN.
• A new Monodontidae (Cetacea, Delphinoidea) from the lower Pliocene of Italy supports a warm-water origin for narwhals and white whales.
• Variation in cranial asymmetry among the Delphinoidea.

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