Translingual

Proper noun

Platanistoidea

1. A taxonomic superfamily within the order Cetacea – the south Asian river dolphins.

Hypernyms

• (superfamily): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - cohort; Epitheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Cetartiodactyla - clade; Cetacea - order; Neoceti - clade; Odontoceti - suborder; Platanistida - infraorder

Hyponyms

• (superfamily): Platanistidae - sole extant family; †Allodelphinidae, †Dalpiazinidae, †Prosqualodontidae, †Squalodelphinidae, †Squalodontidae, †Waipatiidae - extinct families

Coordinate terms

• (superfamily): Lipotoidea - superfamily in Platanistida