Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

Full reference: G. Bianucci. 2013. Septidelphis morii, n. gen. et sp., from the Pliocene of Italy: new evidence of the explosive radiation of true dolphins (Odontoceti, Delphinidae). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(3):722-749

Belongs to Septidelphis according to M. Murakami et al. 2014

See also Bianucci 2013 and Damarco 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MPTAM 216.13306, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Settime, which is in a Zanclean marine horizon in the Sabbie d'Asti Formation of Italy.

Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Settime

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