Eurhinodelphinidae
Eurhinodelphinidae | |
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Macrodelphinus and Eurhinodelphis. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Infraorder: | Cetacea |
Parvorder: | Odontoceti |
Superfamily: | † |
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
References[]
Categories:
- Prehistoric toothed whales
- Prehistoric mammal families
- Prehistoric cetacean stubs