Eurhinodelphinidae

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Eurhinodelphinidae Temporal range: 28.4–1.81Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N Oligocene to Pliocene^[1]

Macrodelphinus and Eurhinodelphis.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Cetacea
Suborder:	Odontoceti
Infraorder:	Eurhinodelphinida
Family:	Eurhinodelphinidae
Genera
see text
Synonyms
Rhabdosteidae Eurhinodelphis salentinus Phocaenopsis Phocaenopsis scheynensis

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

Taxonomy

Skeleton of Xiphiacetus sp.

Family Eurhinodelphinidae
- Argyrocetus (syn. Doliodelphis)
- Ceterhinops
- Eurhinodelphis
- Iniopsis
- Macrodelphinus
- Mycteriacetus
- Phocaenopsis
- Rhabdosteus
- Schizodelphis (syn. Platyrhynchus, Cyrtodelphis, Schizodelphis pseudodelphis)
- Squaloziphius
- Vanbreenia
- Xiphiacetus
- Ziphiodelphis

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=53264&is_real_user=1

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