Calafiacetus
| Calafiacetus Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| 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
Locomotion
Calafiacetus longipinna exhibited an undulatory locomotory pattern, which was facilitated by its vertebral centra being elongated.[1]
References
- ↑ 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.