Mammalia - Cetacea - Kalakocetidae
Full reference: M. Waqas, R. Weppe, V. Lazzari, C. Blondel, L. Marivaux, A. Charruault, M. Tarry, A. Euriat, R. Lebrun, R. S. Rana, T. Smith and M. Orliac. 2026. A basal representative of Cetacea from the Eocene of India. Nature Ecology & Evolution
Parent taxon: Cetacea according to M. Waqas et al. 2026
Sister taxa: Ambulocetidae, Anarnak, Anodontocete, Archaeoceti, Archaeocetus, Argyrocetidae, Balaenodea, Balaenodontae, Balaenoidorum, Berardiopsis miocaenus, Berardiopsis pliocaenus, Canis primigenius, Cetotheriomorphus dubius, Cetotherium priscum, Cetotolites, Globicephalus eocaenus, Halicore maximovitschii, Loncodelphis, Manatus giganteus, Mystacoceta, Nanisocetus, Neoballaenidae, Odontocetoidea, Otaria leclercii, Oxypterus, Pakicetidae, Palaeocetus, Pelagiceti, Procetus, Proteroceta, Protocetidae, Protocetoidea, Remingtonocetidae, Remingtonocetoidea, Rhynchoceti, Squalodon hypsispondylus, Tretosphrys, Zeugloceta, Ziphius (Dolichodon) geelongensis, Balanadae
Subtaxa: Kalakocetus
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Belli (Eocene to Eocene of Pakistan)