Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Infraorder Cetacea Rank Genus | Phylum Chordata Order Artiodactyla Family Delphinidae | |
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Similar Etruridelphis giulii, Hemisyntrachelus, Australodelphis, Orcinus citoniensis, Delphinoidea | ||
Septidelphis is an extinct genus of oceanic dolphins belonging to the family family (Delphinidae). The type species is Septidelphis morii.
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Species
Fossil records
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).
Description
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.
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