Septidelphis is an extinct genus of oceanic dolphins belonging to the family (Delphinidae). The type species is Septidelphis morii.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Delphinidae |
| Genus: | †Septidelphis Bianucci, 2013 |
| Species: | †S. morii
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| †Septidelphis morii Bianucci, 2013
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Fossil records edit
This genus is known in the fossil records from the late Zanclean–early Piacenzian (Pliocene) (age range: from 3.81 to 3.19 million years ago). Fossils are found in the marine strata of Piedmont (northern Italy).[1][2]
Description edit
This genus is characterized by a condylobasal length reaching about 550 millimetres (22 in), by a long and narrow rostrum and by a wide premaxillae at the middle of rostrum. It shows an extreme posterior widening of the dorsal opening of the mesorostral canal.[2][3][4]
References edit
- ^ Fossilworks
- ^ a b Giovanni Bianucci (2013). "Septidelphis morii, n. gen. et sp., from the Pliocene of Italy: new evidence of the explosive radiation of true dolphins (Odontoceti, Delphinidae)" Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33 (3): 722–740. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.744757.
- ^ The Coastal Paleontologist
- ^ "Morphobank". Archived from the original on 2022-04-19. Retrieved 2015-07-08.