Africanacetus fossil map
Where fossils of Africanacetus have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 5 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 5 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Early mammals |
|---|---|
| Lived | 23.04 million years ago to the present (Aquitanian to Holocene) |
| Periods | Neogene, Quaternary |
| Family | Ziphiidae |
| Named by | Bianucci et al. 2007 |
| Fossil records | 10 occurrences at 5 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | O6, South Africa, O3 |
| Rock formations | txn:42951 |
About Africanacetus
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), Brazil (SĂŁo Paulo Ridge), and the Indian Ocean.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Africanacetus (revision 1378518726), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q55221285.
