Biology:Septidelphis

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Short description: Extinct genus of mammals

Septidelphis
Temporal range: Pliocene
Delphinidae - Septidelphis morii.JPG
Fossil skull of Septidelphis morii
Scientific classification edit
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

Septidelphis is an extinct genus of oceanic dolphins belonging to the family (Delphinidae). The type species is Septidelphis morii.

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).[1][2]

Fossil skeleton of Septidelphis morii

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.[2][3][4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q20721746 entry