Orcinus

Orcinus
Temporal range: Early Miocene–Present
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Delphinidae
Subfamily: Orcininae
Genus: Orcinus
Fitzinger, 1860[1]
Type species
Delphinus orca
Linnaeus, 1758
Species
Synonyms[2]
  • Gladiator
    Gray, 1870
  • Ophesia
    Gray, 1868
  • Ophysia
    Gray, 1868
  • Orca
    Gray, 1846
  • Phocaena
    Gray, 1846
  • Grampus
    Iredale & Troughton (not Gray), 1933

Orcinus is a genus of Delphinidae, the family of carnivorous marine mammals known as dolphins. It includes the largest delphinid species, Orcinus orca, known as the orca or killer whale. Two extinct species are recognised, Orcinus paleorca and O. citoniensis, describing fossilised remains of the genus.[2] The other extinct species O. meyeri is disputed.[3]

  1. ^ "Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Orcinus". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  3. ^ Abel, O. (1905). Les Odontocètes du Boldérien (Miocène Supérieur) d'Anvers [The Odontocetes of Boldérien (Upper Miocene) of Antwerp] (in French). Bruxelles, Polleunis and Ceuterick, Imprimeurs. p. 79.