Eudelphis
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| Eudelphis Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Superfamily: | Physeteroidea |
| Genus: | †Eudelphis Du Bus, 1872 |
| Species: | †E. mortezelensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Eudelphis mortezelensis Du Bus, 1872 | |
Eudelphis is an extinct genus of sperm whale belonging to Physeteroidea that lived in the ancient North Sea basin about 16-11 million years ago, during the middle Miocene (Langhian).
The holotype of Eudelphis is known from the Langhian-age Berchem Formation of the vicinity of Antwerp, Belgium.[1]