Eurhinodelphinidae

Eurhinodelphinidae Temporal range: 23.3–11.11 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Oligocene to Miocene^[1]

Macrodelphinus and Eurhinodelphis.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Cetacea
Suborder:	Odontoceti
Superfamily:	Eurhinodelphinoidea
Family:	Eurhinodelphinidae
Genera
see text

Eurhinodelphinidae is an extinct family of toothed whales which lived from the Oligocene to the Miocene.^[1] Members of the family possessed an elongated jaw similar in appearance to a swordfish.

Taxonomy

Skeleton of Xiphiacetus bossi

Family Eurhinodelphinidae
- Ceterhinops
- Eurhinodelphis
- Iniopsis
- Mycteriacetus
- Phocaenopsis
- Schizodelphis
- Vanbreenia
- Xiphiacetus
- Ziphiodelphis

References

1 2 http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=53264&is_real_user=1

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