Kwanzacetus

Kwanzacetus; Temporal range: Late Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Artiodactyla
Infraorder:	Cetacea
Family:	Iniidae
Genus:	† Kwanzacetus
Species:	†K. khoisani
Binomial name
	†Kwanzacetus khoisani; Lambert et. al., 2018

Last updated February 07, 2025

Kwanzacetus is an extinct genus of iniid that inhabited Angola during the Miocene epoch. It contains the species K. khoisani.^[1]

References

↑ Lambert, Olivier; Auclair, Camille; Cauxeiro, Cirilo; Lopez, Michel; Adnet, Sylvain (12 September 2018). "A close relative of the Amazon river dolphin in marine deposits: a new Iniidae from the late Miocene of Angola". PeerJ . 6: e5556. doi: 10.7717/peerj.5556 . ISSN 2167-8359 . Retrieved 6 February 2025– via PeerJ.

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[1] Lambert, Olivier; Auclair, Camille; Cauxeiro, Cirilo; Lopez, Michel; Adnet, Sylvain (12 September 2018). "A close relative of the Amazon river dolphin in marine deposits: a new Iniidae from the late Miocene of Angola". PeerJ . 6: e5556. doi: 10.7717/peerj.5556 . ISSN 2167-8359 . Retrieved 6 February 2025– via PeerJ.

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