Eurhinodelphinidae
Extinct family of mammals
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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.
| Eurhinodelphinidae | |
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| Macrodelphinus and Eurhinodelphis. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Parvorder: | Odontoceti |
| Superfamily: | †Eurhinodelphinoidea |
| Family: | †Eurhinodelphinidae Abel, 1901 |
| Genera | |
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Taxonomy
- Family Eurhinodelphinidae
- Ceterhinops
- Eurhinodelphis
- Iniopsis
- Mycteriacetus
- Phocaenopsis
- Schizodelphis
- Vanbreenia
- Xiphiacetus
- Ziphiodelphis
