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Definition of Platanistidae
1. Noun. River dolphins.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Odontoceti, Suborder Odontoceti
Member holonyms: River Dolphin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Platanistidae
Literary usage of Platanistidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1904)
"Family Platanistidae. The teeth are undifferentiated, conical and single-toothed;
the pre- maxillary is without teeth; the nose is extended into a long and ..."
2. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1904)
"... as a connecting link in habits between the Platanistidae and the succeeding
... forms of ODONTOCETI described from Maryland belong to the Platanistidae. ..."
3. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1869)
"The probabilities are, therefore, that these elements were cartilaginous, a
feature which Flower considers to be characteristic of the family Platanistidae. ..."
4. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"Platanistidae.—This family of Odontocetes may be distinguished from the Dolphins
by the ... Otherwise the family Platanistidae would be extremely distinct. ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"... and Platanistidae. The most important section of the Memoir, however, is that
relating to the extinct ungulates which are described from the superb ..."
6. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1904)
"Family Platanistidae. The teeth are undifferentiated, conical and single-toothed;
the pre- maxillary is without teeth; the nose is extended into a long and ..."
7. Reports Dealing with the Systematic Geology and Paleontology of Maryland by Maryland Geological Survey (1904)
"... as a connecting link in habits between the Platanistidae and the succeeding
... forms of ODONTOCETI described from Maryland belong to the Platanistidae. ..."
8. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1869)
"The probabilities are, therefore, that these elements were cartilaginous, a
feature which Flower considers to be characteristic of the family Platanistidae. ..."
9. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"Platanistidae.—This family of Odontocetes may be distinguished from the Dolphins
by the ... Otherwise the family Platanistidae would be extremely distinct. ..."
10. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1895)
"... and Platanistidae. The most important section of the Memoir, however, is that
relating to the extinct ungulates which are described from the superb ..."
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