Platanistoidea
Translingual
Etymology
Platanista + -oidea
Proper noun
Platanistoidea
- A taxonomic superfamily within the order Cetacea – 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; 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
References
Platanistoidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Platanistoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Platanistidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Platanistoidea at Paleology Database