Eurhinodelphinidae
Extinct family of mammals
Eurhinodelphinidae Temporal range: 23.3–7.246 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Macrodelphinus and Eurhinodelphis. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Parvorder: | Odontoceti |
Superfamily: | †Eurhinodelphinoidea |
Family: | †Eurhinodelphinidae Abel, 1901 |
Genera | |
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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.
Taxonomy
- Family Eurhinodelphinidae
- Ceterhinops
- Eurhinodelphis
- Iniopsis
- Mycteriacetus
- Phocaenopsis
- Schizodelphis
- Vanbreenia
- Xiphiacetus
- Ziphiodelphis
References
- ^ a b "The Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
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Odontocete genera
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Artiodactyla
- Infraorder: Cetacea
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