†Septidelphis Bianucci 2013 (dolphin)
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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
Parent taxon: Delphininae according to F. G. Marx et al. 2016
See also Berta 2017, Bianucci 2013, Damarco 2014 and Murakami et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Astadelphis, Delphinina, Delphinus, Etruridelphis, Lagenodelphis, Sousa, Stenella, Tursiops
Subtaxa: Septidelphis morii
Ecology: aquatic piscivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Settime (Pliocene of Italy)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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