Eurhinodelphinidae

Eurhinodelphinidae; Temporal range: 23.3–7.246 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Oligocene to Miocene
	Macrodelphinus and Eurhinodelphis.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Parvorder:	Odontoceti
Superfamily:	†
Family:	†Eurhinodelphinidae; Abel, 1901
Genera
	see text

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[]

Skeleton of Xiphiacetus bossi

Family Eurhinodelphinidae
- Eurhinodelphis
- Mycteriacetus
- Schizodelphis
- Xiphiacetus

References[]

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Eurhinodelphinidae Temporal range: 23.3–7.246 Ma 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:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Parvorder:	Odontoceti
Superfamily:	†
Family:	†Eurhinodelphinidae Abel, 1901
Genera
see text