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Eurhinodelphinidae

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Eurhinodelphinidae
Temporal range: 23.3–7.246 Ma Oligocene to Miocene[1]
Macrodelphinus and Eurhinodelphis.
Scientific classification Edit this 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

Skeleton of Xiphiacetus bossi

References

  1. ^ a b http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=53264&is_real_user=1


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