Orcinus

Orcinus; Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Delphinidae
Subfamily:	Orcininae
Genus:	Orcinus; Fitzinger, 1860
Type species
	Delphinus orca; Linnaeus, 1758
Species
	†Orcinus paleorca; †Orcinus citoniensis; †Orcinus meyeri; Orcinus orca;
Synonyms
	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]

^ "Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Orcinus". Fossilworks. Gateway to the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
^ 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.

[1] "Orcinus Fitzinger, 1860". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 29 August 2017.

[fossilworks-2] "Orcinus". Fossilworks. Gateway to the 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.

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