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EURHINODELPHIS
(yu-rye-npe-del-fiss)
meaning: "Well-nosed dolphin"
Eurhinodelphis
Named By: B. Du Bus in 1867
Time Period: Middle Miocene-Late Miocene
Location: Worldwide in oceans across the Northern hemisphere
Size: 2 meters long
Diet: Piscivore/Carnivore
Fossil(s): Multiple specimens
Classification: | Chordata | Mammalia | Cetacea | Odontoceti | Eurhinodelphinidae |
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Eurhinodelphis ("well-nosed dolphin") is an extinct genus of Miocene cetacean. Its fossils have been found in France, Belgium and Maryland.

Read more about Eurhinodelphis at Wikipedia
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