Africanacetus

Extinct genus of beaked whale From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Africanacetus is an extinct genus of ziphiid cetacean known from skulls found in seafloor sediments of Late Miocene to Early Pliocene age off the coasts of South Africa (Banzare Bank) and Brazil (São Paulo Ridge).[1]

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Artiodactyla
Infraorder:Cetacea
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Africanacetus
Temporal range: Late Miocene-Early Pliocene
~5.3–3.6 Ma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Infraorder: Cetacea
Family: Ziphiidae
Genus: †Africanacetus
Bianucci et al. 2007
Species
  • †A. ceratopsis Bianucci et al. 2007 (type)
  • †A. gracilis Ichishima et al. 2017
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Systematics

Two species are known, A. ceratopsis and A. gracilis. Both are distinguished by their cranial proportions, with A. gracilis having a more slender skull than A. ceratopsis.[2][3]

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