Eurhinodelphinidae

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.

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
Suborder:	Whippomorpha
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Parvorder:	Odontoceti
Superfamily:	†Eurhinodelphinoidea
Family:	†Eurhinodelphinidae Abel, 1901
Genera
see text

Taxonomy

Skeleton of Xiphiacetus bossi

• Family Eurhinodelphinidae
  • Ceterhinops
  • Eurhinodelphis
  • Iniopsis
  • Mycteriacetus
  • Phocaenopsis
  • Schizodelphis
  • Vanbreenia
  • Xiphiacetus
  • Ziphiodelphis