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Extinct genus of mammals From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Septidelphis is an extinct genus of oceanic dolphins belonging to the family (Delphinidae). The type species is Septidelphis morii.
| Septidelphis Temporal range: | |
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| Fossil skull of Septidelphis morii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Family: | Delphinidae |
| Genus: | †Septidelphis Bianucci, 2013 |
| Species: | †S. morii |
| Binomial name | |
| †Septidelphis morii Bianucci, 2013 | |
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]
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]
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