Eurhinodelphinidae

Eurhinodelphinidae Temporal range: 28.4–11.11Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ 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
Infraorder:	Eurhinodelphinida
Family:	Eurhinodelphinidae
Genera
see text
Synonyms
Eurhinodelphis salentinus 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
  • Ceterhinops
  • Eurhinodelphis
  • Iniopsis
  • Mycteriacetus
  • Phocaenopsis
  • Schizodelphis
  • Vanbreenia
  • Xiphiacetus
  • Ziphiodelphis

References