| Eurhinodelphinidae Fossil range: 28.4–1.81 Ma Oligocene to Pliocene[1] |
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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
- Eurhinodelphinidae
- Argyrocetus (syn. Doliodelphis)
- Ceterhinops
- Eurhinodelphis
- Iniopsis
- Macrodelphinus
- Mycteriacetus
- Schizodelphis (syn. Platyrhynchus, Cyrtodelphis, Schizodelphis pseudodelphis)
- Squaloziphius
- Vanbreenia
- Xiphiacetus
- Ziphiodelphis
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