Septidelphis

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).

Description
This genus is characterized by a condylobasal length reaching about 550 mm, 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.