Eurhinodelphinidae

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
Temporal range: 23.3–11.11 Ma Oligocene to Miocene[1]
Macrodelphinus and Eurhinodelphis.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Parvorder: Odontoceti
Superfamily: Eurhinodelphinoidea
Family: Eurhinodelphinidae
Abel, 1901
Genera

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Taxonomy

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