Calafiacetus
 | This article relies on a single source. (August 2026) |
| Calafiacetus Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Infraorder: | Cetacea |
| Parvorder: | Mysticeti |
| Clade: | Chaeomysticeti |
| Genus: | †Calafiacetus |
| Species: | †C. longipinna |
| Binomial name | |
| †Calafiacetus longipinna Solis-Añorvea et al., 2026 | |
Calafiacetus is an extinct genus of baleen whale that lived during the Chattian stage of the Oligocene epoch.
Palaeobiology
[edit]Locomotion
[edit]Calafiacetus longipinna exhibited an undulatory locomotory pattern, which was facilitated by its vertebral centra being elongated.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ Solis-Añorve, Azucena; Buono, Mónica R.; Díaz-Cruz, Jesús Alberto; Schwennicke, Tobias; Aguilar-Cruz, Carlos Augusto; Gonzalez-Barba, Gerardo (3 July 2026). "A new chaeomysticete from the Late Oligocene of Baja California Sur, Mexico: expanding the diversity of early baleen whales". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 24 (2). doi:10.1080/14772019.2026.2693556. ISSN 1477-2019. Retrieved 8 August 2026 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
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