Septidelphis

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

Fossil records

This genus is known in the fossil records from the late Zanclean–early Piacenzian . Fossils are found in the marine strata of Piedmont.
The holotype is currently housed and displayed in Asti's Paleontological Museum.

Description

This genus is characterized by a condylobasal length reaching about, 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.