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Eurhinodelphinidae

Mammalia - Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae

Taxonomy
Eurhinodelphidae was named by Abel (1901). Its type is Eurhinodelphis. It is the type family of Eurhinodelphinoidea.

It was reranked as the subfamily Eurhinodelphinae by Trouessart (1904) and Hay (1930); it was reranked as the tribe Eurhinodelphini by Winge (1921); it was reranked as the subfamily Eurhinodelphininae by Miller (1923); it was synonymized subjectively with Rhabdosteidae by Barnes et al. (1985); it was corrected as Eurhinodelphinidae by Pilleri (1990), Rice (1998), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Rice (2002), Lambert (2004), Lambert (2005), Gingerich (2005), Lambert (2005), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Foekens (2008), Whitmore and Kaltenbach (2008), Uhen et al. (2008), Rice (2009), Fordyce and Roberts (2009), Bianucci et al. (2011), Benoit et al. (2011), Geisler et al. (2011), Valerio and Laurito (2012), Fornasiero and Del Vavero (2014), Aguirre-Fernández and Fordyce (2014), Marx et al. (2016), Berta (2017), Lambert et al. (2021) and Godfrey and Lambert (2023).

It was assigned to Platanistidae by Trouessart (1904); to Delphinidae by Winge (1921), Miller (1923) and Hay (1930); to Squaloceti by Abel (1914), Abel (1919) and Van Deinse (1931); to Eurhinodelphoidea by Muizon (1988) and Muizon (1990); to Odontoceti by Abel (1905), True (1908), Jaekel (1911), Zittel (1925), Pilleri (1985), Pilleri (1990), Uhen et al. (2008) and Fordyce and Roberts (2009); to Eurhinodelphinoidea by Fordyce et al. (1995), Rice (1998), Fordyce and de Muizon (2001), Rice (2002), Lambert (2004), Lambert (2005), Gingerich (2005), Lambert (2005), Bianucci and Landini (2007), Foekens (2008), Whitmore and Kaltenbach (2008), Rice (2009), Bianucci et al. (2011), Benoit et al. (2011), Valerio and Laurito (2012), Fornasiero and Del Vavero (2014) and Aguirre-Fernández and Fordyce (2014); to Synrhina by Geisler et al. (2011) and Marx et al. (2016); to Delphinoidea by Simpson (1945) and Berta (2017); and to Odontoceti by Slijper (1936), Lambert et al. (2021) and Godfrey and Lambert (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Rhabdosteidae Gill p. 123
1872Rhabdosteidae Gill p. 97
1873Rhabdosteidae Gill p. 27
1901Eurhinodelphidae Abel p. 60
1904Eurhinodelphinae Trouessart p. 761
1905Eurhinodelphidae Abel p. 117
1908Eurhinodelphidae True p. 391
1911Eurhinodelphidae Jaekel p. 231
1914Eurhinodelphidae Abel p. 221
1919Eurhinodelphidae Abel p. 767
1921Eurhinodelphini Winge p. 35
1923Eurhinodelphininae Miller p. 40
1925Eurhinodelphidae Zittel p. 86
1930Eurhinodelphinae Hay p. 591
1931Eurhinodelphidae Van Deinse p. 33
1936Eurhinodelphidae Slijper p. 552
1945Eurhinodelphidae Simpson p. 102
1950Eurhinodelphis salentinus Moncharmont Zei p. 200
1979Rhabdosteidae Myrick p. 47
1984Rhabdosteidae Muizon p. 68
1984Rhabdosteidae Whitmore p. 230
1985Rhabdosteidae Barnes et al. p. 25
1985Eurhinodelphidae Pilleri p. 31
1988Rhabdosteidae Carroll
1988Eurhinodelphidae Muizon p. 61
1990Eurhinodelphidae Muizon p. 315 figs. Fig. 15
1990Eurhinodelphinidae Pilleri p. 44
1991Rhabdosteidae Vidal p. 5
1993Rhabdosteidae Benton p. 761
1995Eurhinodelphidae Fordyce et al. p. 379
1997Rhabdosteidae McKenna and Bell p. 374
1998Eurhinodelphinidae Rice p. 153
2001Eurhinodelphinidae Fordyce and de Muizon p. 178
2002Argyrocetus salentinus Bianucci and Landini
2002Eurhinodelphinidae Rice p. 231 figs. Table 1
2004Eurhinodelphinidae Lambert p. 148
2005Eurhinodelphinidae Gingerich p. 237 figs. Table 15.1
2005Eurhinodelphinidae Lambert p. 212
2007Eurhinodelphinidae Bianucci and Landini p. 45 figs. Table 2.1
2008Eurhinodelphinidae Foekens p. 7 figs. Table 1
2008Eurhinodelphinidae Uhen et al. p. 571
2008Eurhinodelphinidae Whitmore and Kaltenbach p. 196
2009Eurhinodelphinidae Fordyce and Roberts p. 553
2009Eurhinodelphinidae Rice p. 235 figs. Table 1
2011Eurhinodelphinidae Benoit et al. p. 326
2011Eurhinodelphinidae Bianucci et al. p. 567
2011Eurhinodelphinidae Geisler et al. p. 29 figs. Figure 5
2012Eurhinodelphinidae Valerio and Laurito p. 153
2014Eurhinodelphinidae Aguirre-Fernández and Fordyce p. 195
2014Eurhinodelphinidae Fornasiero and Del Vavero p. 67
2016Eurhinodelphinidae Marx et al. p. 127
2017Eurhinodelphinidae Berta p. 165
2021Eurhinodelphinidae Lambert et al. p. 18
2023Eurhinodelphinidae Godfrey and Lambert p. 98

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
orderCetacea
Pelagiceti
Neoceti
suborderOdontoceti
familyEurhinodelphinidae()
familyEurhinodelphinidae()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Eurhinodelphinidae Abel 1901
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G. †Ceterhinops Leidy 1877
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Ceterhinops longifrons Leidy 1877
G. †Eurhinodelphis Van Beneden and Gervais 1880
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Invalid names: Priscodelphinus crassus Du Bus 1872 [synonym], Priscodelphinus declivus Du Bus 1872 [synonym], Priscodelphinus robustus Du Bus 1872 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Eurhinodelphis ambiguus Du Bus 1867 [synonym], Priscodelphinus elegans Du Bus 1872 [synonym], Priscodelphinus pulvinatus Du Bus 1872 [synonym]
G. †Iniopsis Lydekker 1892
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Iniopsis caucasica Lydekker 1892
G. †Mycteriacetus Lambert 2004
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Mycteriacetus bellunensis Pilleri 1985
G. †Phocaenopsis Huxley 1859
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Phocaenopsis mantelli Huxley 1859
Phocaenopsis scheynensis Du Bus 1872
G. †Schizodelphis Gervais 1861
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Schizodelphis barnesi Myrick 1979
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Invalid names: Rhabdosteus hruschkai Myrick 1979 [synonym]
Schizodelphis bogatshowi Mchedlidze 1964
Schizodelphis compressus Portis 1925
Schizodelphis planus Gervais 1859
Schizodelphis sulcatus Gervais 1853
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Invalid names: Delphinorhynchus desalles Gervais 1853 [synonym], Delphinus canaliculatus Meyer 1853 [synonym], Delphinus dationum Laurillard 1844 [synonym], Delphinus pseudodelphis Gervais 1849 [synonym]
Invalid names: Aulacodelphis Brandt 1873 [nomen nudum], Cyrtodelphis Abel 1900 [objective synonym]
G. †Vanbreenia Bianucci and Landini 2002
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Vanbreenia trigonia Bianucci and Landini 2002
G. †Xiphiacetus Lambert 2005
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Xiphiacetus bossi Kellogg 1925
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Invalid names: Eurhinodelphis morrisi Myrick 1979 [synonym], Eurhinodelphis vaughni Myrick 1979 [synonym], Priscodelphinus productus Du Bus 1872 [synonym]
Xiphiacetus cristatus Du Bus 1872
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Invalid names: Eurhinodelphis ashbyi Myrick 1979 [synonym], Eurhinodelphis whitmorei Myrick 1979 [synonym]
G. †Ziphiodelphis Dal Piaz 1908
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Ziphiodelphis abeli Bassani and Misuri 1913
Ziphiodelphis sigmoideus Pilleri 1985
Invalid names: Eurhinodelphis salentinus Moncharmont Zei 1950 [nomen dubium], Rhabdosteidae Gill 1871 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. D. Uhen et al. 2008The Eurhinodelphinidae includes extinct medium to long-beaked small odontocetes from widely scattered early to middle Miocene localities (e.g. Abel, 1909, Kellogg, 1932), with a few possible records of late Oligocene age. They take their identity from the Belgian late early Miocene Eurhinodelphis cocheteuxi Du Bus 1867. The many reported bony diagnostic features (Kellogg 1925b, 1928, 1932; Muizon 1988b, 1991; Lambert, 2004; 2005a) include the following: rostrum very long; premaxillae toothless and extending beyond the mandible; premaxillary-maxillary suture on rostrum forms a prominent lateral fissure; mesorostral groove roofed by premaxillae; premaxillary fossae with a marked slope upwards to vertex; zygomatic process and postglenoid process of squamosal robust; posterior part of pterygoid hamulus long and conical. This group has previously been called Eurhinodelphidae and Rhabdosteidae (for the latter see Fordyce 1983 who followed Myrick 1979).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatitesubo
Form: roller-shapedo
Ontogeny: modification of partso
Environment: marine, freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: aquatico
Depth habitat: surfaceo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-03-06 14:21:39
Modified: 2005-09-22 15:42:08
Source: subo = suborder, o = order
Reference: Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Tortonian or 28.10000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (125 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Australia (South Australia) Eurhinodelphinidae indet. (51412 51413) Rhabdosteidae indet. (45652)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Azerbaijan Iniopsis caucasica (45737)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (South Carolina) Eurhinodelphinidae indet. (211540)
Chattian - Burdigalian28.1 - 15.97Switzerland Schizodelphis sulcatus (46474)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44USA (Maryland) Eurhinodelphis sp. (71794)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Italy Eurhinodelphis bellunensis, Ziphiodelphis abeli, Eurhinodelphis sigmoideus, Cyrtodelphis sulcatus (47623) Schizodelphis sulcatus (57060)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44USA (Virginia) Eurhinodelphis sp. (70517)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Belgium (Antwerpen) Eurhinodelphis cocheteuxi (66961)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97New Zealand Rhabdosteidae indet. (74758)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Egypt Schizodelphis sulcatus (79701 123296)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Eurhinodelphinidae indet., Xiphiacetus sp. (48887)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Japan (Nagano) Eurhinodelphis sp. (76031)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Netherlands Eurhinodelphis cocheteuxi, Eurhinodelphis cristatus (88806) Eurhinodelphis longirostris (37599) Eurhinodelphis sp. (88807)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (South Carolina) Ceterhinops longifrons (18506)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58France Delphinus dationum (85338)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Japan Eurhinodelphis sp. B (51109)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Delphinus planus (57780) Schizodelphis sulcatus (114719)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) Rhabdosteus indet. (18579)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (South Carolina) Ceterhinops sp., Eurhinodelphinidae indet. (212231)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria Cyrtodelphis sp., Cyrtodelphis sulcatus (65181) Schizodelphis sulcatus (65161)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Switzerland (Aargau) Schizodelphis sp. (46522 46526) Schizodelphis sulcatus (46525)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Schizodelphis sp., Ziphiodelphis sp., Eurhinodelphinidae indet., Delphinus canaliculatus, Ziphiodelphis abeli (47425)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Eurhinodelphis sp., Dalpiazella sp. (47427) Ziphiodelphis abeli, Schizodelphis squalodontoides (47187)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Japan (Gifu) Eurhinodelphis sp. A (46950)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Peru (Ica) Eurhinodelphinidae indet. (45484 100330)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Peru Eurhinodelphinidae indet. (217180)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Maryland) Eurhinodelphis bossi (45493) Eurhinodelphis sp., Xiphiacetus bossi (71810) Rhabdosteus hruschkai (57786) Schizodelphis barnesi (70593) Xiphiacetus bossi, Rhabdosteus longirostris (45511)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Switzerland Eurhinodelphidae indet. (69539) Schizodelphis sp. (46478) Schizodelphis sulcatus (46476 46477 46480)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Argentina (Chubut) Eurhinodelphidae indet. (45886)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Switzerland (Zurich) Schizodelphis sp., Eurhinodelphinidae indet. (46523)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Germany Eurhinodelphinidae indet. (46103)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Belgium Xiphiacetus bossi (114830)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Schizodelphis morckhoviensis, Xiphiacetus bossi (231819) Xiphiacetus bossi (231820)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Spain Eurhinodelphis sigmoideus (49669)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62Belgium Eurhinodelphis cristatus (89533)
Burdigalian - Messinian20.44 - 5.333Italy (Apulia) Eurhinodelphis sp., Eurhinodelphis cristatus, Ziphiodelphis abeli, Schizodelphis longirostris, Schizodelphis sulcatus, Eurhinodelphis salentinus (47125) Eurhinodelphis sp., Schizodelphis sp., Xiphiacetus sp., Eurhinodelphis cristatus, Xiphiacetus bossi (48657)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (North Otago) Phocaenopsis mantelli (45662)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Egypt Cyrtodelphis sulcatus (53970)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France Schizodelphis sulcatus (148401)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Virginia) Eurhinodelphis morrisi, Rhabdosteus longirostris, Rhabdosteus barnesi, Rhabdosteus hruschkai (57785) Eurhinodelphis sp. (28368) Eurhinodelphis sp., Eurhinodelphis bossi (71799) Rhabdosteus hruschkai (57787) Rhabdosteus longirostris, Rhabdosteus hruschkai (57784) Xiphiacetus bossi (79793)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Eurhinodelphis bossi (45498) Eurhinodelphis bossi, Rhabdosteus hruschkai (45509) Eurhinodelphis bossi, Rhabdosteus longirostris (71615) Eurhinodelphis sp. (70827) Eurhinodelphis sp., Eurhinodelphis bossi, Schizodelphis morckhoviensis, Eurhinodelphis vaughni, Rhabdosteus longirsotris, Rhabdosteus hruschkai (48884) Eurhinodelphis sp., Eurhinodelphis vaughni, Eurhinodelphis whitmorei, Rhabdosteus hruschkai (45506) Eurhinodelphis sp., Schizodelphis morckhoviensis (70823) Eurhinodelphis sp., Xiphiacetus bossi (70818) Rhabdosteus longirostris (55517) Xiphiacetus bossi (70819 168458)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Maine-et-Loire) Eurhinodelphis sp., Schizodelphis sulcatus (148396)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan (Mie) Eurhinodelphis sp. (76041)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Netherlands Vanbreenia trigonia, Eurhinodelphis cristatus (45505)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Malta Eurhinodelphinidae indet. (121983)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Belgium (Antwerpen) Eurhinodelphis cocheteuxi (51685) Eurhinodelphis cocheteuxi, Priscodelphinus robustus, Priscodelphinus crassus, Priscodelphinus declivus, Priscodelphinus elegans, Priscodelphinus pulvinatus, Eurhinodelphis cristatus, Priscodelphinus productus (51680)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Schizodelphis morckhoviensis, Xiphiacetus bossi (231780) Xiphiacetus cristatus (97474)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Belgium (Nijlen) Priscodelphinus cristatus, Xiphiacetus cristatus (53679)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Belgium Priscodelphinus morckhoviensis (59123)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62India (Gujarat) Schizodelphis sulcatus (230661)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608France Delphinus sulcatus, Delphinus dationum, Delphinus pseudodelphis (56685)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Gifu) Eurhinodelphis sp. (55920)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) Schizodelphis sulcatus (142149)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Netherlands Cyrtodelphis sp., Cyrtodelphis sulcatus, Eurhinodelphis cocheteuxi, Acrodelphis scheynensis, Eurhinodelphis cristatus, Eurhinodelphis longirostris (75152) Eurhinodelphis longirostris (75264)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Virginia) Eurhinodelphinidae indet. (71811) Eurhinodelphis ashbyi (45508) Eurhinodelphis sp., Eurhinodelphidae indet., Eurhinodelphis bossi, Rhabdosteus barnesi, Eurhinodelphis vaughni (71801) Eurhinodelphis sp., Rhabdosteus longirostris (71798) Rhabdosteus barnesi (71800) Xiphiacetus bossi (187324) Xiphiacetus cristatus (57700)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Portugal Eurhinodelphinidae indet. (54169 54171)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Italy Eurhinodelphinidae indet., Schizodelphis sulcatus (48656)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Eurhinodelphis cristatus, Schizodelphis barnesi (70835) Eurhinodelphis sp. (70594 71533)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Armenia Cyrtodelphis sp., Schizodelphis sp. (47620)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Azerbaijan Cyrtodelphis bogatshowi (60273)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Austria (Retznei) Eurhinodelphis cristatus (226212)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Belgium Eurhinodelphinidae indet. (208831) Schizodelphis morckhoviensis (95167)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Slovakia Schizodelphis sulcatus (69712)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Moldova Cyrtodelphis sp. (57734)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Belgium (Flanders) Eurhinodelphis longirostris (67026)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Belgium Eurhinodelphinidae indet. (217346) Xiphiacetus cristatus (223028)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Belgium (Antwerpen) Eurhinodelphis cocheteuxi, Eurhinodelphis longirostris (52049)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy (Lecce) Eurhinodelphis salentinus (49403)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Peru (Arequipa) Eurhinodelphidae indet. (45485)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333New Zealand Eurhinodelphinidae indet. (87865)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Italy Schizodelphis compressus (85023)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey Eurhinodelphis longirostris (56563)
Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Belgium (Antwerpen) Eurhinodelphis sp., Eurhinodelphinidae indet., Priscodelphinus cristatus, Phocaenopsis scheynensis, Eurhinodelphis longirostris, Eurhinodelphis ambiguus (47465)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Costa Rica (Limón) Eurhinodelphis sp. (122044)